Variation over

Item

As on Dec. 21, 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

10,79,243

272,722

4,900

–232

2,11,021

73,543

2,95,261

95,471

2,93,312

96,489

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

10,44,386

263,934

4,901

–230 *

2,07,789

72,010

2,91,648

93,747

2,89,964

94,743

(b)

Gold

33,151

8,357

—

—

3,578

1,573

4,327

1,840

4,084

1,863

(c)

SDRs

13

3

—

—

5

1

9

2

9

2

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,693

428

–1

–2

–351

–41

–723

–118

–745

–119

* : 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.