Variation over

Item

As on Jul.
6, 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

8,69,417

214,835

–524

1,349

1,195

15,656

85,435

37,584

1,16,483

51,575

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

8,39,888

207,585

–25

1,471 *

3,291

15,661

87,150

37,398

1,18,964

51,270

(b) Gold

27,655

6,787

–492

–124

–1,918

3

–1,169

270

–824

607

(c) SDRs

6

1

—

—

–2

–1

2

—

4

1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,868

462

–7

2

–176

–7

–548

–84

–1,661

–303

* : 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.