Item

As on Aug. 6, 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

13,23,259

287,356

2,948

3,173

63,594

8,299

24

3,886

24,819

16,117

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,01,486

261,079

259

2,528 *

51,836

6,394

–5,579

2,496

–43,922

860

(b) Gold $

89,564

19,278

—

—

8,376

1,292

4,177

986

42,988

9,607

(c) SDRs @

23,197

5,041

–60

35

601

35

–931

–128

23,194

5,040

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

9,012

1,958

2,749

610

2,781

578

2,357

532

2,559

610

+ : Excludes Rs.1,151 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.