Item

As on May 7, 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

12,56,981

276,238

14,290

–3,395

–2,684

–2,819

–66,254

–7,232

–4,422

20,297

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,46,215

251,473

14,004

–3,300*

–3,435

–3,212

–60,850

–7,110

–62,876

5,972

(b) Gold $

82,377

18,537

—

—

1,189

551

–3,010

245

36,020

9,306

(c) SDRs @

22,367

4,907

225

–75

–229

–99

–1,761

–262

22,361

4,906

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,022

1,321

61

–20

–209

–59

–633

–105

73

113

+ : Excludes Rs.1140 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.