Item

As on Jan. 29, 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

13,02,793

280,955

-4,466

-1,983

18,928

28,970

-20,442

-2,515

84,101

32,344

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

11,88,753

256,362

-2,803

-1,718 *

-41,313

14,936

-18,312

-2,221

17,693

17,468

(b)

Gold $

83,724

18,056

-1,663

-236

34,931

8,479

-1,663

-236

40,175

9,172

(c)

SDRs @

23,762

5,124

—

-23

23,756

5,123

-366

-45

23,747

5,121

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,554

1,413

—

-6

1,554

432

-101

-13

2,486

583

+  : Excludes Rs.1159 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