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

12,64,048

251,702

-852

-1,389

-19,817

-283

23,887

-4,266

-6,086

-60,798

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,12,747

241,487

1,553

-1,043*

-17,319

61

17,957

-5,116

-17,226

-61,089

(b)

Gold

46,357

9,231

-2,436

-346

-2,436

-346

5,247

746

8,216

-196

(c)

SDRs

6

1

—

—

—

—

-7

-2

-68

-17

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,938

983

31

—

-62

2

690

106

2,992

504

+  : Excludes Rs.1256 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.