Item

As on Feb. 13, 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

12,16,767

249,692

-9,209

-1,840

-21,198

-60,031

-23,394

-6,276

55,544

-43,164

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

11,69,170

239,977

-9,200

-1,839*

-26,853

-59,253

-25,620

-6,626

45,848

-43,261

(b)

Gold

43,549

8,884

—

—

3,425

-1,155

2,439

399

7,313

-315

(c)

SDRs

6

1

-9

-2

-68

-17

-7

-2

5

1

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,042

830

—

1

2,298

394

-206

-47

2,378

411

* : 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.