Item

As on Oct. 2, 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

13,41,887

280,340

-2,007

430

58,022

28,355

1,01,726

24,372

10,721

-3,601

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets +

12,60,943

263,465

-3,319

-33 *

30,877

22,039

66,153

16,862

-27,840

-11,446

(b)

Gold

49,556

10,316

1,515

488

763

739

8,446

1,831

9,351

1,751

(c)

SDRs @

24,886

5,200

-161

-20

24,880

5,199

24,873

5,197

24,869

5,196

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,502

1,359

-42

-5

1,502

378

2,254

482

4,341

898

+ : Excludes Rs.1197 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.