Item

As on Nov. 21, 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

12,29,078

245,799

10,815

–550

–8,887

–63,924

1,44,058

–29,517

1,51,856

–26,482

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

11,85,566

236,971

10,789

–550*

–10,457

–62,259

1,35,081

–29,582

1,40,795

–27,060

(b)

Gold

41,281

8,382

—

—

1,157

–1,657

8,462

54

10,569

571

(c)

SDRs

13

3

—

—

–61

–15

—

—

—

—

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,218

443

26

—

474

7

515

11

492

7

* : 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.