Item

As on Jan. 22, 2010

Variation over

Week

End-March 2009

End-December2009

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

13,07,259

282,938

3,083

-2,223

23,394

30,953

-15,977

-531

89,839

35,317

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

11,91,556

258,080

2,953

-2,179 *

-38,510

16,654

-15,509

-503

19,332

19,775

(b)

Gold $

85,387

18,292

—

—

36,594

8,715

—

—

44,277

9,807

(c)

SDRs @

23,762

5,147

102

-34

23,756

5,146

-366

-22

23,747

5,144

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,554

1,419

28

-10

1,554

438

-101

-7

2,483

591

+  : Excludes Rs.1154 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.