Item

As on Feb. 12, 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

12,96,997

279,199

-354

485

13,132

27,214

-26,238

-4,271

80,230

29,507

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

11,83,320

254,696

-118

521 *

-46,746

13,270

-23,745

-3,887

14,150

14,719

(b)

Gold $

83,724

18,056

—

—

34,931

8,479

-1,663

-236

40,175

9,172

(c)

SDRs @

23,479

5,054

-185

-28

23,473

5,053

-649

-115

23,473

5,053

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,474

1,393

-51

-8

1,474

412

-181

–33

2,432

563

+  : Excludes Rs.1161.50 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.