Item

Variation over

As on Apr. 17, 2009

Week

End-March 2009

End-December 2008

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

12,56,167

252,460

-7,438

-517

-27,698

475

16,006

-3,508

3,881

-61,074

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,02,517

241,906

-7,419

-517*

-27,549

480

7,727

-4,697

-7,616

-61,082

(b)

Gold

48,793

9,577

—

—

—

—

7,683

1,092

8,669

-462

(c)

SDRs

6

1

—

—

—

—

-7

-2

-68

-17

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,851

976

-19

—

-149

-5

603

99

2,896

487

+  : Excludes Rs.1243 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.