Item

As on Dec. 24, 2010

Variation over

Week

End-March 2010

End-December 2009

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

11

Total Reserves

13,36,212

295,031

–2,426

429

76,547

15,974

12,977

11,561

11,080

11,532

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,02,687

265,905

–2,183

457*

53,037

11,220

–4,378

7,322

–7,082

7,186

(b) Gold $

1,01,857

22,124

—

—

20,669

4,138

16,470

3,832

17,349

3,942

(c) SDRs @

22,808

5,043

–175

–20

212

37

–1,320

–126

–1,377

–129

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

8,860

1,959

–68

–8

2,629

579

2,205

533

2,190

533

+ Excludes ` 1,131 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.