Item

As on Nov. 20, 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

13,29,803

285,344

-2,650

-1,032

45,938

33,359

89,642

29,376

1,00,725

39,545

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,19,830

261,878

-2,678

-1,027*

-10,236

20,452

25,040

15,275

34,264

24,907

(b)

Gold $

82,181

17,500

—

—

33,388

7,923

41,071

9,015

40,900

9,118

(c)

SDRs @

24,530

5,266

25

-4

24,524

5,265

24,517

5,263

24,517

5,263

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,262

700

3

-1

-1,738

-281

-986

-177

1,044

257

+  : Excludes Rs.1165 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.
@ : Includes SDR 3,082.5 million (equivalent to US$ 4,883 million) allocated under general allocation and SDR 214.6 million (equivalent to US $ 340 million) allocated under special allocation by IMF done on August 28, 2009 and September 9, 2009, respectively.
$    : Includes Rs.31,463 crore (USD 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.