Variation over

Item

As on Apr. 11, 2008

Week

End-March
2008

End-December 2007

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

12,47,621

312,367

1,016

482

9,656

2,644

1,62,601

37,051

3,79,028

109,275

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,05,468

301,820

797

426*

9,445

2,590

1,54,983

35,267

3,68,431

105,976

(b)

Gold

40,124

10,039

—

—

—

—

7,305

1,711

10,551

3,255

(c)

SDRs

74

18

—

—

—

—

61

15

66

16

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,955

490

219

56

211

54

252

58

–20

28

* : 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.