Item

Variation over

As on Jan. 4, 2008

Week

End-March 2007

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

10,86,308

276,255

–689

696

2,18,086

77,076

1,288

939

3,04,085

99,670

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

10,51,773

267,491

–356

724 *

2,15,176

75,567

1,288

938

3,00,790

97,969

(b)

Gold

32,819

8,328

–332

–29

3,246

1,544

—

—

3,995

1,811

(c)

SDRs

13

3

—

—

5

1

—

—

9

2

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,703

433

–1

1

–341

–36

—

1

–709

–112

* : 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.