Item

As on May 11, 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

15,622.5

291,802.0

–94.8

–1,371.3

561.2

–2,595.5

–182.2

–4,886.7

1,825.6

–15,691.2

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,831.6

257,859.6

–92.0

–1,329.0 *

526.5

–2,209.1

–174.9

–5,073.7

1,430.0

–18,283.3

(b) Gold $

1,398.0

26,617.9

—

—

15.5

–405.2

–20.1

–2.4

342.2

2,827.4

(c) SDRs @

237.9

4,434.8

–1.7

–25.6

9.3

–34.5

2.0

5.8

31.5

–160.9

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

155.0

2,889.7

–1.1

–16.7

9.9

53.3

10.8

183.6

21.9

–74.4

+ Excludes ` 36.1 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.