Item

As on Nov. 6, 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

13,36,559

285,414

1,057

1,023

52,694

33,429

96,398

29,446

1,34,798

34,050

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,26,485

261,957

-26,255

-4,811*

-3,581

20,531

31,695

15,354

68,177

19,430

(b)

Gold $

82,181

17,500

31,463

6,700

33,388

7,923

41,071

9,015

40,900

9,118

(c)

SDRs @

24,619

5,258

1

16

24,613

5,257

24,606

5,255

24,578

5,249

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,274

699

-4,152

-882

-1,726

-282

-974

-178

1,143

253

+ : Excludes Rs.1171 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.