Variation over

Week

End-
March 2009

End-
December2008

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

12,84,209

263,917

15,106

-560

344

11,932

44,048

7,949

-34,003

-44,603

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,31,238

252,873

15,019

-559*

1,172

11,447

36,448

6,270

-45,177

-45,913

(b)

Gold

46,914

9,800

—

—

-1,879

223

5,804

1,315

7,366

592

(c)

SDRs

3

1

1

—

-3

—

-10

-2

–44

-10

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,054

1,243

86

-1

1,054

262

1,806

366

3,852

728

+  : Excludes Rs.1217 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.