Item

As on Feb. 27, 2009

Variation over

Week

End-March 2008

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

12,64,589

249,278

21,435

-249

26,624

-60,445

24,428

-6,690

62,058

-51,957

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,11,002

238,715

15,494

-1,106*

14,979

-60,515

16,212

-7,888

48,331

-52,535

(b)

Gold

49,440

9,746

5,891

862

9,316

-293

8,330

1,261

11,286

188

(c)

SDRs

6

1

—

—

-68

-17

-7

-2

5

1

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,141

816

50

-5

2,397

380

-107

-61

2,436

389

* : 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.