Foreign Exchange Reserves

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தேதி: ஏப்ரல் 17, 2009

Item	As on Apr. 10, 2009		Variation over
	As on Apr. 10, 2009		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	12,63,605	252,977	-20,470	-2,183	-20,260	992	23,444	-2,991	15,984	-59,390
(a) Foreign Currency Assets +	12,09,936	242,423	-20,387	-2,174 *	-20,130	997	15,146	-4,180	4,468	-59,397
(b) Gold	48,793	9,577	—	—	—	—	7,683	1,092	8,669	-462
(c) SDRs	6	1	—	—	—	—	-7	-2	-68	-17
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**	4,870	976	-83	-9	-130	-5	622	99	2,915	486
+ : Excludes Rs.1248 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.