Variation over

Item

As on Jun. 6, 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

13,50,520

315,660

10,577

1,046

1,12,555

5,937

2,65,500

40,344

4,91,969

106,113

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

13,09,030

305,920

10,566

1,045*

1,13,007

6,690

2,58,545

39,367

4,80,508

103,743

(b)

Gold

39,190

9,202

—

—

–934

–837

6,371

874

11,043

2,291

(c)

SDRs

47

11

—

—

–27

–8

34

8

41

10

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,253

527

11

1

509

91

550

95

377

69

*: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.