Item

As on Aug. 20, 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

13,15,884

282,549

–1,120

–242

56,219

3,492

–7,351

–921

–9,078

10,592

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,94,167

256,369

–1,033

–222*

44,517

1,684

–12,898

–2,214

–77,646

–4,569

(b) Gold $

89,564

19,278

—

—

8,376

1,292

4,177

986

42,988

9,607

(c) SDRs @

23,157

4,971

–63

–14

561

–35

–971

–198

23,156

4,971

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

8,996

1,931

–24

–6

2,765

551

2,341

505

2,424

583

+ : Excludes ` 1,165 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.