Item

As on Aug. 27, 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

13,24,626

282,842

8,742

293

64,961

3,785

1,391

–628

–25,269

6,480

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,02,654

256,648

8,487

279*

53,004

1,963

–4,411

–1,935

–70,521

–3,875

(b) Gold $

89,564

19,278

—

—

8,376

1,292

4,177

986

42,988

9,607

(c) SDRs @

23,341

4,981

184

10

745

–25

–787

–188

–219

160

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

9,067

1,935

71

4

2,836

555

2,412

509

2,483

588

+ Excludes ` 1,172 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.