Item

As on May 21, 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

12,78,787

273,364

47,432

64

19,122

-5,693

-44,448

-10,106

46,043

12,725

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

11,67,350

248,637

46,179

40*

17,700

-6,048

-39,715

-9,946

-13,176

-1,528

(b)

Gold $

82,377

18,537

—

—

1,189

551

-3,010

245

36,020

9,306

(c)

SDRs @

22,896

4,877

987

19

300

-129

-1,232

-292

22,894

4,876

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,164

1,313

266

5

-67

-67

-491

-113

305

71

+  : Excludes Rs.1174 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.