Item

As on Jul. 31, 2009

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

13,08,220

271,641

13,533

3,930

24,355

19,656

68,059

15,673

13,809

–33,833

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,55,197

260,631

13,489

3,974*

25,131

19,205

60,407

14,028

4,368

–34,585

(b) Gold

46,576

9,671

–338

–129

–2,217

94

5,466

1,186

5,210

–64

(c) SDRs

3

1

—

—

–3

—

–10

–2

–44

–10

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,444

1,338

382

85

1,444

357

2,196

461

4,275

826

+ : Excludes Rs.1204 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.