Item

As on Sep. 11, 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

13,63,389

280,978

5,971

3,329

79,524

28,993

1,23,228

25,010

40,250

-8,483

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,83,392

264,562

4,152

2,905*

53,326

23,136

88,602

17,959

450

-15,740

(b)

Gold

48,041

9,828

—

—

-752

251

6,931

1,343

9,977

1,136

(c)

SDRs @

25,336

5,223

1,782

405

25,330

5,222

25,323

5,220

25,320

5,219

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,620

1,365

37

19

1,620

384

2,372

488

4,503

902

+  : 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.
@ : 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.