Item

As on
Oct. 22, 2010

Variation over

Week

End-March 2010

End-December 2009

Year

` Crore

US$ Mn.

` Crore

US$ Mn.

` Crore

US$ Mn.

` Crore

US$ Mn.

` Crore

US$ Mn.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Total Reserves

13,14,288

295,399

7,266

–1,034

54,623

16,342

–8,947

11,929

–13,586

9,879

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,90,167

267,694

7,159

–988*

40,517

13,009

–16,898

9,111

–56,308

–654

(b) Gold $

92,157

20,516

—

—

10,969

2,530

6,770

2,224

42,601

10,200

(c) SDRs @

23,021

5,178

77

–33

425

172

–1,107

9

–1,443

–89

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

8,943

2,011

30

–13

2,712

631

2,288

585

1,564

422

+ Excludes ` 1,112 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 ` 31,463 crore (USD 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.