Item

As on Mar. 26, 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

12,57,706

277,042

–8,863

–1,151

–26,159

25,057

–65,529

–6,428

–17,732

24,716

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,45,991

252,755

–8,496

–1,090*

–84,075

11,329

–61,074

–5,828

–75,039

11,158

(b) Gold $

82,845

17,920

—

—

34,052

8,343

–2,542

–372

33,405

8,174

(c) SDRs @

22,630

4,991

–288

–48

22,624

4,990

–1,498

–178

22,624

4,990

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,240

1,376

–79

–13

1,240

395

–415

–50

1,278

394

+ : Excludes Rs.1134 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.