Variation over

Item

As on Jun. 20, 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

13,42,380

312,481

10,721

1,794

1,04,415

2,758

2,57,360

37,165

4,77,080

99,932

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

13,00,890

302,744

10,694

1,789*

1,04,867

3,514

2,50,405

36,191

4,65,611

97,566

(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

524

27

5

509

88

550

92

385

65

* : 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.