Item

As on Mar. 19, 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

12,66,569

278,193

–6,097

–1,515

–17,296

26,208

–56,666

–5,277

–6,688

24,367

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,54,487

253,845

–5,945

–1,476*

–75,579

12,419

–52,578

–4,738

–65,109

10,607

(b) Gold $

82,845

17,920

—

—

34,052

8,343

–2,542

–372

33,405

8,174

(c) SDRs @

22,918

5,039

–119

–30

22,912

5,038

–1,210

–130

22,912

5,038

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,319

1,389

–33

–9

1,319

408

–336

–37

2,104

548

+ : Excludes Rs.1137 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.