Item

As on Jul. 25, 2008

Variation over

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

12,95,449

306,603

–18,508

–504

57,484

–3,121

2,10,429

31,287

3,83,050

81,253

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

12,53,679

296,869

–18,472

–502*

57,656

–2,361

2,03,194

30,316

3,70,825

78,773

(b) Gold

39,548

9,208

—

—

–576

–831

6,729

880

11,893

2,421

(c) SDRs

47

11

—

—

–27

–8

34

8

–2

–1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,175

515

–36

–2

431

79

472

83

334

60

* : 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.