Item |
As on Jul. 25, 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 |
12,95,449 |
306,603 |
–18,508 |
–504 |
57,484 |
–3,121 |
2,10,429 |
31,287 |
3,83,050 |
81,253 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
12,53,679 |
296,869 |
–18,472 |
–502* |
57,656 |
–2,361 |
2,03,194 |
30,316 |
3,70,825 |
78,773 |
(b) Gold |
39,548 |
9,208 |
— |
— |
–576 |
–831 |
6,729 |
880 |
11,893 |
2,421 |
(c) SDRs |
47 |
11 |
— |
— |
–27 |
–8 |
34 |
8 |
–2 |
–1 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,175 |
515 |
–36 |
–2 |
431 |
79 |
472 |
83 |
334 |
60 |
* : 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. |
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