Item

As on May 15, 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

12,60,208

254,207

-1,195

-1,734

-23,657

2,222

20,047

-1,761

-76,980

-59,874

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,07,799

243,754

-1,292

-1,747*

-22,267

2,328

13,009

-2,849

-88,961

-60,364

(b)

Gold

46,357

9,231

—

—

-2,436

-346

5,247

746

8,216

-196

(c)

SDRs

3

1

-3

—

-3

—

-10

-2

–44

-10

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,049

1,221

100

13

1,049

240

1,801

344

3,809

696

+  : Excludes Rs.1239 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.