Item

As on Dec. 31, 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

13,32,354

297,334

–3,858

2,303

72,689

18,277

9,119

13,864

9,674

13,813

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,00,077

267,814

–2,610

1,909*

50,427

13,129

–6,988

9,231

–6,453

9,180

(b) Gold $

1,00,686

22,470

–1,171

346

19,498

4,484

15,299

4,178

15,299

4,178

(c) SDRs @

22,753

5,078

–55

35

157

72

–1,375

–91

–1,360

–91

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

8,838

1,972

–22

13

2,607

592

2,183

546

2,188

546

+ Excludes ` 1,120 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.