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

12,95,260

266,187

11,051

2,270

11,395

14,202

55,099

10,219

-18,697

-40,920

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,42,265

255,138

11,027

2,265*

12,199

13,712

47,475

8,535

-29,886

-42,233

(b)

Gold

46,914

9,800

—

—

-1,879

223

5,804

1,315

7,366

592

(c)

SDRs

3

1

—

—

-3

—

-10

-2

–44

-10

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,078

1,248

24

5

1,078

267

1,830

371

3,867

731

+  : Excludes Rs.1217 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.