Item

As on Mar. 12, 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

12,72,666

279,708

–2,796

1,277

–11,199

27,723

–50,569

–3,762

–11,574

30,984

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,60,432

255,321

–2,708

1,249*

–69,634

13,895

–46,633

–3,262

–70,125

17,164

(b) Gold $

82,845

17,920

—

—

34,052

8,343

–2,542

–372

33,405

8,174

(c) SDRs @

23,037

5,069

–69

22

23,031

5,068

–1,091

–100

23,031

5,068

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,352

1,398

–19

6

1,352

417

–303

–28

2,115

578

+ : Excludes Rs.1136 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.