Item

As on Nov. 27, 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

13,42,415

286,723

12,612

1,379

58,550

34,738

1,02,254

30,755

1,07,955

39,037

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,28,524

262,449

8,694

571 *

-1,542

21,023

33,734

15,846

37,508

23,481

(b) Gold $

82,181

17,500

—

—

33,388

7,923

41,071

9,015

43,004

9,639

(c) SDRs @

24,855

5,310

325

44

24,849

5,309

24,842

5,307

24,842

5,307

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,855

1,464

3,593

764

1,855

483

2,607

587

2,601

610

+  : Excludes Rs.1170 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 million (equivalent to US $ 340 million) allocated under special allocation by IMF done on August 28, 2009 and September 9, 2009, respectively.
$  : Includes Rs.31,463 crore (USD 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.