Variation over

Item

As on Aug.
10, 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

9,31,166

228,996

5,485

–346

62,944

29,817

1,47,184

51,745

1,63,157

63,902

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

9,01,462

221,653

5,517

–335 *

64,865

29,729

1,48,724

51,466

1,67,521

63,884

(b)

Gold

27,850

6,887

—

—

–1,723

103

–974

370

–2,646

330

(c)

SDRs

4

1

–45

–11

–4

–1

—

—

–2

—

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,850

455

13

—

–194

–14

–566

–91

–1,716

–312

*: 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.