Item

As on July 9, 2010

Variation over

Week

End-March 2010

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

13,05,995

279,422

7,211

1,155

46,330

365

–17,240

–4,048

21,786

15,505

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,84,027

253,268

7,091

1,139*

34,377

–1,417

–23,038

–5,315

–47,211

395

(b) Gold $

92,704

19,894

—

—

11,516

1,908

7,317

1,602

45,790

10,094

(c) SDRs @

23,056

4,932

95

13

460

–74

–1,072

–237

23,053

4,931

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,208

1,328

25

3

–23

–52

–447

–98

154

85

+ : Excludes Rs.1,169 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.