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

13,43,894

279,910

-9,548

-860

60,029

27,925

1,03,733

23,942

-8,728

-11,909

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,64,262

263,498

-9,391

-855 *

34,196

22,072

69,472

16,895

-48,090

-19,154

(b)

Gold

48,041

9,828

—

—

-752

251

6,931

1,343

9,977

1,136

(c)

SDRs @

25,047

5,220

-124

-4

25,041

5,219

25,034

5,217

25,030

5,216

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,544

1,364

–33

-1

1,544

383

2,296

487

4,355

893

+  : Excludes Rs.1200 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 (equivalent to US $ 340 million) allocated under special allocation by IMF done on August 28, 2009 and September 9, 2009, respectively.