Item

As on Oct. 29, 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

13,27,098

297,956

12,810

2,557

67,433

18,899

3,863

14,486

–8,404

13,565

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,98,542

269,093

8,375

1,399*

48,892

14,408

–8,523

10,510

–54,198

2,325

(b) Gold $

96,510

21,668

4,353

1,152

15,322

3,682

11,123

3,376

45,792

10,868

(c) SDRs @

23,080

5,182

59

4

484

176

–1,048

13

–1,538

–60

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

8,966

2,013

23

2

2,735

633

2,311

587

1,540

432

+ Excludes ` 1,114 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.