Variation over

Item

As on Jul.
20, 2007

Week

End-March
2007

End-December
2006

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

8,95,788

222,043

9,485

3,087

27,566

22,864

1,11,806

44,792

1,31,293

58,695

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

8,66,250

214,790

9,489

3,087 *

29,653

22,866

1,13,512

44,603

1,33,840

58,392

(b)

Gold

27,655

6,787

—

—

–1,918

3

–1,169

270

–824

607

(c)

SDRs

6

1

—

—

–2

–1

2

—

–27

–6

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,877

465

–4

—

–167

–4

–539

–81

–1,696

–298

* : 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.