Item

As on Feb. 5, 2010

Variation over

Week

End-March 2009

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

12,97,351

278,714

-5,442

-2,241

13,486

26,729

-25,884

-4,756

71,375

27,182

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

11,83,438

254,175

-5,315

-2,187*

-46,628

12,749

-23,627

-4,408

5,068

12,359

(b)

Gold $

83,724

18,056

—

—

34,931

8,479

-1,663

-236

40,175

9,172

(c)

SDRs @

23,664

5,082

-98

-42

23,658

5,081

-464

-87

23,649

5,079

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,525

1,401

-29

-12

1,525

420

-130

-25

2,483

572

+ : Excludes Rs.1164 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.