Item

As on Jan. 1, 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

13,22,680

283,521

-2,452

22

38,815

31,536

-556

51

75,185

28,281

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,06,530

258,634

-3,239

-85 *

-23,536

17,208

-536

51

4,445

12,759

(b)

Gold $

85,387

18,292

879

110

36,594

8,715

—

—

44,277

9,807

(c)

SDRs @

24,113

5,169

-72

-3

24,107

5,168

-16

—

24,100

5,166

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,650

1,426

-20

—

1,650

445

-4

—

2,363

549

+  : Excludes Rs.1166.25 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.