Item

As on July 23, 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

13,29,014

282,938

10,116

1,037

69,349

3,881

5,779

–532

34,327

15,227

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,06,557

256,714

9,989

1,037*

56,907

2,029

–508

–1,869

–35,151

57

(b) Gold $

92,704

19,894

—

—

11,516

1,908

7,317

1,602

45,790

10,094

(c) SDRs @

23,441

4,987

100

—

845

–19

–687

–182

23,438

4,986

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,312

1,343

27

—

81

–37

–343

–83

250

90

+ : Excludes Rs.1,175 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.