Item

As on Feb. 20, 2009

Variation over

Week

End-March 2008

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

12,43,154

249,527

26,387

-165

5,189

-60,196

2,993

-6,441

65,843

-45,083

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

11,95,508

239,821

26,338

-156*

-515

-59,409

718

-6,782

56,120

-45,168

(b)

Gold

43,549

8,884

—

—

3,425

-1,155

2,439

399

7,313

-315

(c)

SDRs

6

1

—

—

-68

-17

-7

-2

5

1

(d)

4,091

821

49

-9

2,347

385

-157

-56

2,405

399

* : 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.