Item

As on Feb. 24, 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

14,494.3

295,047.6

41.5

1,607.9

884.2

–9,770.5

–1,310.4

–1,641.1

834.9

–5,736.9

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,812.3

261,101.7

40.6

1,567.4*

563.5

–13,228.1

–1,194.2

–1,831.6

498.1

–10,313.9

(b) Gold $

1,327.8

26,727.6

—

—

302.1

3,755.2

–90.3

107.3

320.4

4,804.1

(c) SDRs @

219.9

4,480.9

0.6

25.3

15.9

–88.1

–16.0

51.9

–14.9

–694.9

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

134.3

2,737.4

0.3

15.2

2.7

–209.5

–9.9

31.3

31.3

467.8

+ Excludes `18.6 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.