Item

As on Oct. 8, 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

13,13,835

295,792

–954

1,634

54,170

16,735

–9,400

12,322

1,594

13,931

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,89,829

268,100

–924

1,593*

40,179

13,415

–17,236

9,517

–42,150

3,158

(b) Gold $

92,157

20,516

—

—

10,969

2,530

6,770

2,224

42,601

10,200

(c) SDRs @

22,938

5,168

–22

29

342

162

–1,190

–1

–1,407

–67

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

8,911

2,008

–8

12

2,680

628

2,256

582

2,550

640

+ Excludes ` 1,110 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.