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

12,69,107

264,477

-13,217

-107

-14,758

12,492

28,946

8,509

-63,238

-43,920

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,16,219

253,432

-14,636

-300*

-13,847

12,006

21,429

6,829

-74,295

-45,229

(b)

Gold

46,914

9,800

1,497

196

-1,879

223

5,804

1,315

7,366

592

(c)

SDRs

6

1

3

—

—

—

-7

-2

-42

-10

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

5,968

1,244

-81

-3

968

263

1,720

367

3,733

727

+  : 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.