Item

As on April 6, 2012

Variation over

Week

End-March 2012

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

14,957.0

292,927.4

–104.3

–1,470.1

–104.3

–1,470.1

–847.7

–3,761.3

1,369.7

–15,276.2

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,204.1

258,650.1

–101.0

–1,418.6*

–101.0

–1,418.6

–802.4

–4,283.2

975.0

–19,030.8

(b) Gold $

1,382.5

27,023.1

—

—

—

—

–35.6

402.8

356.8

4,050.7

(c) SDRs @

226.6

4,437.8

–2.0

–31.5

–2.0

–31.5

–9.3

8.8

24.5

–152.2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

143.8

2,816.4

–1.3

–20.0

–1.3

–20.0

–0.4

110.3

13.4

–143.9

+ Excludes ` 34.3 billion/US$ 673 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.