(Rs. crore)

Variation over

Item

As on Mar. 23, 2007

Week

End-March
2006

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

8,64,573

1,97,746

–1,067

1,789

1,88,186

46,124

80,591

20,495

2,00,776

49,084

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

8,32,015

1,90,392

–1,044

1,789*

1,84,688

45,284

79,277

20,205

1,97,134

48,233

(b) Gold

30,499

6,883

—

—

4,825

1,128

1,675

366

4,958

1,136

(c) SDRs

8

2

—

—

–4

–1

4

1

–4

–1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,051

469

–23

—

–1,323

–287

–365

–77

–1,312

–284

* : 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.