(Rs. crore)

Variation over

Item

As on Mar. 9, 2007

Week

End-March
2006

End-December 2006

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

8,60,680

1,94,410

–1,182

–224

1,84,293

42,788

76,698

17,159

2,20,264

50,489

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

8,28,108

1,87,058

–1,178

–224 *

1,80,781

41,950

75,370

16,871

2,16,593

49,639

(b) Gold

30,499

6,883

—

—

4,825

1,128

1,675

366

4,958

1,136

(c) SDRs

8

2

—

—

–4

–1

4

1

–4

–1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,065

467

–4

—

–1,309

–289

–351

–79

–1,283

–285

* : 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.