Item

As on Mar. 27, 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

12,75,438

252,326

2,181

-1,500

37,473

-57,397

35,277

-3,642

35,880

-56,835

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,21,030

241,597

1,434

-1,641 *

25,007

-57,633

26,240

-5,006

21,451

-57,550

(b) Gold

49,440

9,746

—

—

9,316

-293

8,330

1,261

11,286

188

(c) SDRs

6

1

—

—

-68

-17

-7

-2

-68

-18

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,962

982

747

141

3,218

546

714

105

3,211

545

+ : Excludes Rs.1264 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.