Item

As on Nov. 19, 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

13,47,122

297,985

15,661

–330

87,457

18,928

23,887

14,515

17,319

12,641

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,18,285

269,175

15,263

–319*

68,635

14,490

11,220

10,592

–1,545

7,297

(b) Gold $

96,510

21,668

—

—

15,322

3,682

11,123

3,376

14,329

4,168

(c) SDRs @

23,283

5,144

287

–8

687

138

–845

–25

–1,247

–122

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

9,044

1,998

111

–3

2,813

618

2,389

572

5,782

1,298

+ Excludes ` 1,132 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.