Item

As on Aug. 1, 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

12,94,411

305,474

–1,038

–1,129

56,446

–4,250

2,09,391

30,158

3,68,730

76,132

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

12,50,829

295,216

–2,850

–1,653*

54,806

–4,014

2,00,344

28,663

3,54,884

73,228

(b) Gold

41,366

9,735

1,818

527

1,242

–304

8,547

1,407

13,516

2,848

(c) SDRs

47

11

—

—

–27

–8

34

8

–2

–1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,169

512

–6

–3

425

76

466

80

332

57

* : 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.