Item

As on May 22, 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

12,32,744

260,639

-27,464

6,432

-51,121

8,654

-7,417

4,671

-1,19,488

-55,532

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,80,526

250,165

-27,273

6,411 *

-49,540

8,739

-14,264

3,562

-1,31,246

-56,038

(b) Gold

46,357

9,231

—

—

-2,436

-346

5,247

746

8,216

-196

(c) SDRs

2

1

-1

—

-4

—

-11

-2

-45

-10

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

5,859

1,242

-190

21

859

261

1,611

365

3,587

712

+  : Excludes Rs.1180 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.