Variation over

Item

As on
Oct. 3, 2008

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

13,31,166

283,941

–21,456

–7,878

93,201

–25,782

2,46,146

8,625

3,38,480

32,611

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,88,783

274,911

–23,569

–7.741*

92,760

–24,319

2,38,298

8,358

3,27,106

31,387

(b)

Gold

40,205

8,565

2,141

–127

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**

2,161

461

–28

–10

417

25

458

29

435

24

* : 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.