Variation over

Item

As on Dec. 26, 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

12,20,869

254,613

22,630

561

–17,096

–55,110

1,35,849

–20,703

1,33,872

–20,946

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

11,77,471

245,870

22,563

562*

–18,552

–53,360

1,26,986

–20,683

1,25,342

–20,897

(b)

Gold

39,177

7,861

—

—

–947

–2,178

6,358

–467

6,026

–496

(c)

SDRs

13

3

—

—

–61

–15

—

—

—

—

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,208

879

67

–1

2,464

443

2,505

447

2,504

447

* : 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.