Item

As on Nov. 5, 2010

Variation over

Week

End-March 2010

End-December 2009

Year

` Crore

US$ Mn.

` Crore

US$ Mn.

` Crore

US$ Mn.

` Crore

US$ Mn.

` Crore

US$ Mn.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Total Reserves

13,31,027

300,214

3,929

2,258

71,362

21,157

7,792

16,744

–5,532

14,800

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,02,342

271,286

3,800

2,193*

52,692

16,601

–4,723

12,703

–24,143

9,329

(b) Gold $

96,510

21,668

—

—

15,322

3,682

11,123

3,376

14,329

4,168

(c) SDRs @

23,158

5,225

78

43

562

219

–970

56

–1,461

–33

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

9,017

2,035

51

22

2,786

655

2,362

609

5,743

1,336

+ Excludes ` 1,108 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 ` 31,463 crore (USD 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.