Item

As on Oct. 23, 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

13,27,874

285,520

8,114

684

44,009

33,535

87,713

29,552

39,673

27,105

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,46,475

268,348

6,911

450*

16,409

26,922

51,685

21,745

753

18,954

(b)

Gold

49,556

10,316

—

—

763

739

8,446

1,831

9,351

1,751

(c)

SDRs @

24,464

5,267

171

17

24,458

5,266

24,451

5,264

24,421

5,258

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

7,379

1,589

1,032

217

2,379

608

3,131

712

5,148

1,142

+  : Excludes Rs.1161 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 (equivalent to US $ 340 million) allocated under special allocation by IMF done on August 28, 2009 and September 9, 2009, respectively.