Item

As on Apr. 2, 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

12,59,840

279,096

2,134

2,054

175

39

–63,395

–4,374

–24,235

23,936

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,49,851

254,730

3,860

1,975*

201

45

–57,214

–3,853

–80,472

10,133

(b) Gold $

81,188

17,986

–1,657

66

—

—

–4,199

–306

32,395

8,409

(c) SDRs @

22,576

5,001

–54

10

–20

–5

–1,552

–168

22,570

5,000

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,225

1,379

–15

3

–6

–1

–430

–47

1,272

394

+ : Excludes Rs.1129 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.