Variation over

Item

As on May 9, 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

12,93,083

312,700

22,949

200

55,118

2,977

2,08,063

37,384

4,49,817

108,709

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,52,887

302,776

22,914

200*

56,864

3,546

2,02,402

36,223

4,40,585

106,283

(b)

Gold

38,141

9,427

—

—

–1,983

–612

5,322

1,099

9,090

2,391

(c)

SDRs

75

18

1

—

1

—

62

15

69

17

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,980

479

34

—

236

43

277

47

73

18

* : 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.