Variation over

Item

As on Nov. 7, 2008

Week

End-March
2008

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

12,01,761

251,364

–43,683

–1,519

–36,204

–58,359

1,16,741

–23,952

1,38,885

–18,817

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

11,58,308

242,527

–43,612

–1,518*

–37,715

–56,703

1,07,823

–24,026

1,27,903

–19,396

(b) Gold

41,281

8,382

—

—

1,157

–1,657

8,462

54

10,569

571

(c) SDRs

41

9

–2

—

–33

–9

28

6

–11

–4

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,131

446

–69

–1

387

10

428

14

424

12

*: 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.