2. Foreign Exchange Reserves

Variation over

Item

As on Oct. 24, 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

12,88,201

258,415

–43,586

–15,471

50,236

–51,308

2,03,181

–16,901

2,51,092

–4,035

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,45,722

249,394

–43,622

–15,467*

49,699

–49,836

1,95,237

–17,159

2,39,682

–5,235

(b)

Gold

40,205

8,565

—

—

81

–1,474

7,386

237

10,930

1,198

(c)

SDRs

43

9

26

5

–31

–9

30

6

–9

–4

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,231

447

10

–9

487

11

528

15

489

6

* : 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.