Item

As on July 16, 2010

Variation over

Week

End-March 2010

End-December 2009

Year

Rs. Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs. Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs. Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs. Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs. Crore

US$ Mn.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Total Reserves

13,18,898

281,901

12,903

2,479

59,233

2,844

–4,337

–1,569

23,638

15,714

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,96,568

255,677

12,541

2,409*

46,918

992

–10,497

–2,906

–45,697

539

(b) Gold $

92,704

19,894

—

—

11,516

1,908

7,317

1,602

45,790

10,094

(c) SDRs @

23,341

4,987

285

55

745

–19

–787

–182

23,338

4,986

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,285

1,343

77

15

54

–37

–370

–83

207

95

+ : Excludes Rs.1,170 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 Rs.31,463 crore (USD 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.