As on Aug. 14, 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

13,08,131

271,025

9,691

-214

24,266

19,040

67,970

15,057

40,079

-25,185

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,55,067

260,010

9,659

-209*

25,001

18,584

60,277

13,407

30,522

-25,965

(b)

Gold

46,576

9,671

—

—

-2,217

94

5,466

1,186

5,210

-64

(c)

SDRs

1

—

-2

-1

-5

-1

-12

-3

-15

-4

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,487

1,344

34

-4

1,487

363

2,239

467

4,362

848

+  : Excludes Rs.1207 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.