Item

As on July 30, 2010

Variation over

Week

End-March 2010

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

13,20,311

284,183

–8,703

1,245

60,646

5,126

–2,924

713

12,091

12,542

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,01,227

258,551

–5,330

1,837*

51,577

3,866

–5,838

–32

–53,970

–2,080

(b) Gold $

89,564

19,278

–3,140

–616

8,376

1,292

4,177

986

42,988

9,607

(c) SDRs @

23,257

5,006

–184

19

661

—

–871

–163

23,254

5,005

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,263

1,348

–49

5

32

–32

–392

–78

–181

10

+ : Excludes Rs.1,162 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.