Variation over

Item

As on Nov. 28, 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

12,34,460

247,686

5,382

1,887

–3,505

–62,037

1,49,440

–27,630

1,49,404

–25,834

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

11,91,016

238,968

5,450

1,997*

–5,007

–60,262

1,40,531

–27,585

1,40,851

–25,757

(b)

Gold

39,177

7,861

–2,104

–521

–947

–2,178

6,358

–467

6,026

–496

(c)

SDRs

13

3

—

—

–61

–15

—

—

—

—

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,254

854

2,036

411

2,510

418

2,551

422

2,527

419

* : 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.