Variation over

Item

As on Mar.
21, 2008

Week

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

12,31,832

304,657

–7,402

–1,831

3,63,610

105,478

1,46,812

29,341

3,67,259

106,911

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

11,91,856

294,649

–7,468

–1,847*

3,55,259

102,725

1,41,371

28,096

3,59,841

104,257

(b) Gold

38,154

9,558

—

—

8,581

2,774

5,335

1,230

7,655

2,675

(c) SDRs

74

18

73

18

66

16

61

15

66

16

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,748

432

–7

–2

–296

–37

45

—

–303

–37

* : 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.