Item

As on Oct. 17, 2008

Variation over

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

13,31,787

273,886

–1,637

–118

93,822

–35,837

2,46,767

–1,430

2,92,737

12,743

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

12,89,344

264,861

–1,626

–116*

93,321

–34,369

2,38,859

–1,692

2,81,369

11,537

(b) Gold

40,205

8,565

—

—

81

–1,474

7,386

237

10,930

1,198

(c) SDRs

17

4

—

—

–57

–14

4

1

–35

–9

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,221

456

–11

–2

477

20

518

24

473

17

* : 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.