Item

As on Jan. 8, 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

13,03,529

284,262

-19,151

741

19,664

32,277

-19,707

793

57,648

29,503

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

11,88,080

259,406

-18,450

772 *

-41,986

17,980

-18,985

823

-12,500

13,989

(b)

Gold $

85,387

18,292

—

—

36,594

8,715

—

—

44,277

9,807

(c)

SDRs @

23,563

5,145

-550

-24

23,557

5,144

-565

-24

23,550

5,142

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,499

1,419

-151

-7

1,499

438

-156

-7

2,321

565

+ : Excludes Rs.1145 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.