Item

As on Feb. 26, 2010

Variation over

Week

End-March 2009

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

12,86,848

278,357

–7,958

–315

2,983

26,372

–36,387

–5,113

22,259

29,079

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

11,74,202

253,991

–7,079

–212*

–55,864

12,565

–32,863

–4,592

–36,800

15,276

(b)

Gold $

82,845

17,920

–879

–136

34,052

8,343

–2,542

–372

33,405

8,174

(c)

SDRs @

23,360

5,053

—

26

23,354

5,052

–768

–116

23,354

5,052

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,441

1,393

—

7

1,441

412

–214

–33

2,300

577

+ : Excludes Rs.1155.75 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.