Item

As on May 14, 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

12,31,355

273,300

–25,626

–2,938

–28,310

–5,757

–91,880

–10,170

–28,853

19,093

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,21,171

248,597

–25,044

–2,876*

–28,479

–6,088

–85,894

–9,986

–86,628

4,843

(b) Gold $

82,377

18,537

—

—

1,189

551

–3,010

245

36,020

9,306

(c) SDRs @

21,909

4,858

–458

–49

–687

–148

–2,219

–311

21,906

4,857

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

5,898

1,308

–124

–13

–333

–72

–757

–118

–151

87

+ : Excludes Rs.1128 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.