Item

As on Sep. 18, 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

13,53,607

280,770

-9,782

-208

69,742

28,785

1,13,446

24,802

3,394

-11,202

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,73,653

264,353

-9,739

-209 *

43,587

22,927

78,863

17,750

-36,326

-18,458

(b)

Gold

48,041

9,828

—

—

-752

251

6,931

1,343

9,977

1,136

(c)

SDRs @

25,336

5,224

—

1

25,330

5,223

25,323

5,221

25,319

5,220

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,577

1,365

-43

—

1,577

384

2,329

488

4,424

900

+  : Excludes Rs.1205 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.