Foreign Exchange Reserves

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Date: November 28, 2008

Item			As on Nov. 21, 2008		Variation over
			As on Nov. 21, 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		12,29,078	245,799	10,815	–550	–8,887	–63,924	1,44,058	–29,517	1,51,856	–26,482
	(a)	Foreign Currency Assets	11,85,566	236,971	10,789	–550*	–10,457	–62,259	1,35,081	–29,582	1,40,795	–27,060
	(b)	Gold	41,281	8,382	—	—	1,157	–1,657	8,462	54	10,569	571
	(c)	SDRs	13	3	—	—	–61	–15	—	—	—	—
	(d)	Reserve Position in the IMF**	2,218	443	26	—	474	7	515	11	492	7
* : 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.