Variation over

Item

As on Jan. 2, 2009

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

12,47,495

255,240

26,626

627

9,530

–54,483

7,334

–728

1,61,187

–21,015

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,02,085

245,875

24,614

5*

6,062

–53,355

7,295

–728

1,50,312

–21,616

(b)

Gold

41,110

8,485

1,933

624

986

–1,554

—

—

8,291

157

(c)

SDRs

13

3

—

—

–61

–15

—

—

—

—

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,287

877

79

–2

2,543

441

39

—

2,584

444

* : 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.