Item

As on Oct. 16, 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

13,19,760

284,836

7,519

2,975

35,895

32,851

79,599

28,868

-12,027

10,950

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,39,564

267,898

7,585

2,956*

9,498

26,472

44,774

21,295

-49,780

3,037

(b)

Gold

49,556

10,316

—

—

763

739

8,446

1,831

9,351

1,751

(c)

SDRs @

24,293

5,250

-52

15

24,287

5,249

24,280

5,247

24,276

5,246

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,347

1,372

-14

4

1,347

391

2,099

495

4,126

916

+  : Excludes Rs.1157 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.
@ : Includes SDR 3,082.5 million (equivalent to US$ 4,883 million) allocated under general allocation and SDR 214.6 (equivalent to US $ 340 million) allocated under special allocation by IMF done on August 28, 2009 and September 9, 2009, respectively.