Item

As on Aug. 28, 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

13,49,895

276,362

24,933

4,405

66,030

24,377

109,734

20,394

56,738

-18,947

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,73,175

260,523

1,362

-415*

43,109

19,097

78,385

13,920

20,271

-25,594

(b)

Gold

46,576

9,671

—

—

-2,217

94

5,466

1,186

8,512

979

(c)

SDRs @

23,560

4,821

23,559

4,821

23,554

4,820

23,547

4,818

23,544

4,817

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,584

1,347

12

-1

1,584

366

2,336

470

4,411

851

+  : Excludes Rs.1222 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 SDRs 3,082.5 million (equivalent to US$ 4,821million) allocated under the general allocation of SDRs by the IMF with effect from August 28, 2009.