Item

As on Apr. 3, 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

12,84,075

255,160

8,637

2,834

210

3,175

43,914

-808

37,470

-56,725

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,30,323

244,597

9,293

3,000*

257

3,171

35,533

-2,006

25,652

-56,797

(b)

Gold

48,793

9,577

-647

-169

—

—

7,683

1,092

8,669

-462

(c)

SDRs

6

1

—

—

—

—

-7

-2

-68

-17

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,953

985

-9

3

-47

4

705

108

3,217

551

+ : Excludes Rs.1258 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.