Variation over

Item

As on Jan.
16, 2009

Week

End-March

2008

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

12,29,599

252,178

–16,282

–2,581

–8,366

–57,545

–10,562

–3,790

1,10,690

–32,720

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

11,84,367

242,847

–16,213

–2,570*

–11,656

–56,383

–10,423

–3,756

99,990

–33,287

(b) Gold

41,110

8,485

—

—

986

–1,554

—

—

8,291

157

(c) SDRs

13

3

—

—

–61

–15

—

—

—

—

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,109

843

–69

–11

2,365

407

–139

–34

2,409

410

* : 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.