Variation over

Item

As on Jan. 9, 2009

Week

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

12,45,881

254,759

–1,614

–481

7,916

–54,964

5,720

–1,209

1,38,872

–26,970

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

12,00,580

245,417

–1,505

–458*

4,557

–53,813

5,790

–1,186

1,28,106

–27,547

(b) Gold

41,110

8,485

—

—

986

–1,554

—

—

8,291

157

(c) SDRs

13

3

—

—

–61

–15

—

—

—

—

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,178

854

–109

–23

2,434

418

–70

–23

2,475

420

* : 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.