Item

As on May 8, 2009

Variation over

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

12,61,403

255,941

-2,645

4,239

-22,462

3,956

21,242

-27

-31,680

-56,759

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,09,091

245,501

-3,656

4,014*

-20,975

4,075

14,301

-1,102

-43,796

-57,275

(b)

Gold

46,357

9,231

—

—

-2,436

-346

5,247

746

8,216

-196

(c)

SDRs

6

1

—

—

—

—

-7

-2

-69

-17

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

5,949

1,208

1,011

225

949

227

1,701

331

3,969

729

+ : Excludes Rs.1231 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.