Item

As on Jun. 12, 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

12,49,819

263,644

19,809

2,427

-34,046

11,659

9,658

7,676

-81,840

-47,043

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

11,98,517

252,798

19,787

2,431*

-31,549

11,372

3,727

6,195

-91,679

-48,157

(b)

Gold

45,417

9,604

—

—

-3,376

27

4,307

1,119

6,227

402

(c)

SDRs

2

1

—

—

-4

—

-11

-2

-45

-10

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

5,883

1,241

22

-4

883

260

1,635

364

3,657

722

+  : Excludes Rs.1185 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.