Item

As on Jan. 15, 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

13,04,176

285,161

647

899

20,311

33,176

-19,060

1,692

74,577

32,983

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

11,88,603

260,259

523

853 *

-41,463

18,833

-18,462

1,676

4,236

17,412

(b)

Gold $

85,387

18,292

—

—

36,594

8,715

—

—

44,277

9,807

(c)

SDRs @

23,660

5,181

97

36

23,654

5,180

-468

12

23,647

5,178

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,526

1,429

27

10

1,526

448

-129

3

2,417

586

+  : Excludes Rs.1142 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.