Item

As on Oct. 10, 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

13,33,424

274,004

2,258

–9,937

95,459

–35,719

2,48,404

–1,312

3,23,578

17,318

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

12,90,970

264,977

2,187

–9,934*

94,947

–34,253

2,40,485

–1,576

3,12,126

16,097

(b) Gold

40,205

8,565

—

—

81

–1,474

7,386

237

10,930

1,198

(c) SDRs

17

4

—

—

–57

–14

4

1

9

2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,232

458

71

–3

488

22

529

26

513

21

* : 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.