Variation over

Item

As on Dec. 28,
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

10,86,997

275,559

7,754

2,837

2,18,775

76,380

3,03,015

98,308

3,03,015

98,308

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

10,52,129

266,767

7,743

2,833 *

2,15,532

74,843

2,99,391

96,580

2,99,391

96,580

(b)

Gold

33,151

8,357

—

—

3,578

1,573

4,327

1,840

4,327

1,840

(c)

SDRs

13

3

—

—

5

1

9

2

9

2

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,704

432

11

4

–340

–37

–712

–114

–712

–114

* : 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.