Variation over

Item

As on
Apr. 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

8,57,183

2,03,881

–11,410

789

–11,039

4,702

73,201

26,630

1,48,366

46,619

(a) Foreign Currency
Assets

8,25,657

1,96,632

–11,380

788 *

–10,940

4,708

72,919

26,445

1,45,982

45,895

(b) Gold

29,573

6,784

—

—

—

—

749

267

3,899

1,029

(c) SDRs

8

2

—

—

—

—

4

1

–17

–4

(d) Reserve Position
in the IMF**

1,945

463

–30

1

–99

–6

–471

–83

–1,498

–301

*: 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.