As on Jun. 26, 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

12,82,324

264,584

14,177

932

-1,541

12,599

42,163

8,616

-51,638

-47,206

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,30,855

253,732

14,092

924*

789

12,306

36,065

7,129

-61,615

-48,318

(b)

Gold

45,417

9,604

—

—

-3,376

27

4,307

1,119

6,227

402

(c)

SDRs

3

1

1

—

-3

—

-10

-2

–44

-10

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,049

1,247

84

8

1,049

266

1,801

370

3,794

720

+ : Excludes Rs.1213 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.