Item

As on Dec. 16, 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

15,93,597

302,100

–8,520

–4,675

2,32,583

–2,718

2,61,243

4,766

2,54,959

7,498

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

14,09,858

266,968

–8,899

–4,668*

1,84,975

–7,362

2,09,781

–846

2,04,988

1,520

(b) Gold $

1,46,289

28,041

—

—

43,717

5,069

45,603

5,571

44,432

5,917

(c) SDRs @

23,444

4,439

–20

–54

3,043

–130

691

–639

461

–624

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

14,006

2,652

399

47

848

–295

5,168

680

5,078

685

+ Excludes `2,007 crore/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 `31,463 crore (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.