Variation over

Item

As on Feb. 15, 2008

Week

2007

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

11,61,223

292,856

11,220

2,048

2,93,001

93,677

76,203

17,540

3,28,260

103,944

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

11,23,322

283,238

11,242

2,055 *

2,86,725

91,314

72,837

16,685

3,21,261

101,323

(b)

Gold

36,236

9,199

—

—

6,663

2,415

3,417

871

7,396

2,670

(c)

SDRs

1

—

–36

–9

–7

–2

–12

–3

–7

–2

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,664

419

14

2

–380

–50

–39

–13

–390

–47

* : 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.