Item

As on Dec. 3, 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

13,38,522

296,390

–3,539

2,411

78,857

17,333

15,287

12,920

9,003

9,016

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,04,947

267,232

–8,332

1,977*

55,297

12,547

–2,118

8,649

–8,776

4,805

(b) Gold $

1,01,857

22,124

5,347

456

20,669

4,138

16,470

3,832

17,349

3,942

(c) SDRs @

22,844

5,066

–399

–16

248

60

–1,284

–103

–1,680

–237

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

8,874

1,968

–155

–6

2,643

588

2,219

542

2,110

506

+ Excludes ` 1,127 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.