Variation over

Item

As on Apr. 18, 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

12,52,286

313,534

4,665

1,167

14,321

3,811

1,67,266

38,218

3,95,103

109,653

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,10,133

302,988

4,665

1,168*

14,110

3,758

1,59,648

36,435

3,84,476

106,356

(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

489

—

–1

211

53

252

57

10

26

* :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.