Item

As on Feb. 10, 2012

Variation over

Week

End-March 2011

End-December
2011

Year

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Total Reserves

14,564.5

293,383.9

163.1

–369.2

954.4

–11,434.2

–1,240.2

–3,304.8

893.5

–5,278.5

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,878.9

259,446.8

158.2

–370.6*

630.1

–14,883.0

–1,127.6

–3,486.5

552.6

–9,920.7

(b) Gold $

1,327.8

26,727.6

—

—

302.1

3,755.2

–90.3

107.3

320.4

4,804.1

(c) SDRs @

222.1

4,474.9

3.0

0.6

18.1

–94.1

–13.8

45.9

–12.4

–649.2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

135.7

2,734.6

1.9

0.8

4.1

–212.3

–8.5

28.5

32.9

487.3

+ Excludes `18.9 billion/US$ 380 million invested in foreign currency denominated bonds issued by IIFC (UK).
* Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation/depreciation of non-US currencies
(such as Euro, Sterling, Yen) held in reserves. For details, please refer to the Current Statistics section of the RBI Bulletin.
** Reserve Position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), i.e., Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) which was shown as a memo
item from May 23, 2003 to March 26, 2004 has been included in the reserves from the week ended April 2, 2004 in keeping with
the international best practice.
@ Includes SDR 3,082.5 million (equivalent to US$ 4,883 million) allocated under general allocation and SDR 214.6 million
(equivalent to US$ 340 million) allocated under special allocation by IMF done on August 28, 2009 and September 9, 2009,
respectively.
$ Includes `314.6 billion (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.