Variation over

Item

As on Apr. 25,
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

12,56,906

312,871

4,620

–663

18,941

3,148

1,71,886

37,555

4,16,813

108,736

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,14,755

302,328

4,622

–660*

18,732

3,098

1,64,270

35,775

4,06,182

105,451

(b)

Gold

40,124

10,039

—

—

—

—

7,305

1,711

10,551

3,255

(c)

SDRs

73

18

–1

—

–1

—

60

15

28

7

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,954

486

–1

–3

210

50

251

54

52

23

* : 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.