Item

As on May 29, 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

12,40,441

262,306

7,697

1,667

-43,424

10,321

280

6,338

-99,502

-52,308

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

11,89,136

251,456

8,610

1,291*

-40,930

10,030

-5,654

4,853

-1,09,328

-53,419

(b)

Gold

45,417

9,604

-940

373

-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**

5,886

1,245

27

3

886

264

1,638

368

3,644

719

+  : Excludes Rs.1182 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.