Item

As on Oct. 30, 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

13,35,502

284,391

7,628

-1,129

51,637

32,406

95,341

28,423

90,058

31,508

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,52,740

266,768

6,265

-1,580 *

22,674

25,342

57,950

20,165

50,820

22,723

(b)

Gold

50,718

10,800

1,162

484

1,925

1,223

9,608

2,315

9,437

2,418

(c)

SDRs @

24,618

5,242

154

-25

24,612

5,241

24,605

5,239

24,575

5,233

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

7,426

1,581

47

-8

2,426

600

3,178

704

5,226

1,134

+ : Excludes Rs.1175 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.