Item

As on Sep. 24, 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

13,31,003

291,595

6,066

3,861

71,338

12,538

7,768

8,125

–12,891

11,685

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,04,664

264,529

6,007

3,781*

55,014

9,844

–2,401

5,946

–59,598

1,031

(b) Gold $

94,199

20,008

—

—

13,011

2,022

8,812

1,716

46,158

10,180

(c) SDRs @

23,148

5,083

43

57

552

77

–980

–86

–1,899

–137

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

8,992

1,975

16

23

2,761

595

2,337

549

2,448

611

+ Excludes ` 1,139 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.