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

13,24,962

271,957

16,831

932

41,097

19,972

84,801

15,989

36,199

-25,329

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,71,813

260,938

16,746

928*

41,747

19,512

77,023

14,335

26,594

-26,111

(b)

Gold

46,576

9,671

—

—

-2,217

94

5,466

1,186

5,210

-64

(c)

SDRs

1

—

—

—

-5

-1

-12

-3

-15

-4

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,572

1,348

85

4

1,572

367

2,324

471

4,410

850

+  : Excludes Rs.1219 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.