Variation over

Item

As on Jul. 4, 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

13,32,345

308,397

–1,617

–3,393

94,380

–1,326

2,47,325

33,081

4,62,928

93,562

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,90,514

298,661

–1,956

–3,389*

94,491

–569

2,40,029

32,108

4,50,626

91,076

(b)

Gold

39,548

9,208

358

6

–576

–831

6,729

880

11,893

2,421

(c)

SDRs

48

11

1

—

–26

–8

35

8

42

10

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,235

517

–20

–10

491

81

532

85

367

55

* : 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.