Item

As on Jul. 8, 2011

Variation over

Week

End-March 2011

End-December 2010

Year

`
Crore

US$
Mn.

`  
Crore

US$
Mn.

`
Crore

US$ Mn.

`
Crore

US$
Mn.

`
Crore

US$ Mn.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Total Reserves

13,95,671

314,619

–16,207

–1,096

34,657

9,801

63,317

17,285

89,676

35,197

(a) Foreign Currency Assets+

12,51,942

282,414

–15,684

–1,044*

27,059

8,084

51,865

14,600

67,915

29,146

(b) Gold $

1,10,317

24,668

—

—

7,745

1,696

9,631

2,198

17,613

4,774

(c) SDRs @

20,314

4,582

–318

–32

–87

13

–2,439

–496

–2,742

–350

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,098

2,955

–205

–20

–60

8

4,260

983

6,890

1,627

+ Excludes ` 1,108 crore /US$ 250 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 ` 31,463 crore (USD 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.