Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 28,
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

9,84,604

247,762

43,357

11,871

1,16,382

48,583

2,00,622

70,511

2,24,857

82,457

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

9,53,581

239,955

42,266

11,383 *

1,16,984

48,031

2,00,843

69,768

2,25,848

81,615

(b) Gold

29,275

7,367

1,089

486

–298

583

451

850

769

1,165

(c) SDRs

8

2

—

—

—

—

4

1

2

1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,740

438

2

2

–304

–31

–676

–108

–1,762

–324

* : 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.