Item

As on Mar. 6, 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

12,73,041

247,292

8,452

-1,986

35,076

-62,431

32,880

-8,676

43,699

-56,168

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,19,383

236,727

8,381

-1,988*

23,360

-62,503

24,593

-9,876

29,945

-56,744

(b)

Gold

49,440

9,746

—

—

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**

4,212

818

71

2

2,468

382

-36

-59

2,463

387

* : 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.