Variation over

Item

As on Nov. 16,
2007

Week

End-March 2007

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

10,66,944

271,148

4,068

967

1,98,722

71,969

2,82,962

93,897

3,00,172

100,793

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

10,34,516

262,901

4,111

978 *

1,97,919

70,977

2,81,778

92,714

2,97,988

99,264

(b)

Gold

30,712

7,811

—

—

1,139

1,027

1,888

1,294

3,392

1,743

(c)

SDRs

13

3

–39

–10

5

1

9

2

9

2

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,703

433

–4

–1

–341

–36

–713

–113

–1,217

–216

* : 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.