Item |
As on Nov. 21, 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 |
12,29,078 |
245,799 |
10,815 |
–550 |
–8,887 |
–63,924 |
1,44,058 |
–29,517 |
1,51,856 |
–26,482 |
|
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets |
11,85,566 |
236,971 |
10,789 |
–550* |
–10,457 |
–62,259 |
1,35,081 |
–29,582 |
1,40,795 |
–27,060 |
|
(b) |
Gold |
41,281 |
8,382 |
— |
— |
1,157 |
–1,657 |
8,462 |
54 |
10,569 |
571 |
|
(c) |
SDRs |
13 |
3 |
— |
— |
–61 |
–15 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,218 |
443 |
26 |
— |
474 |
7 |
515 |
11 |
492 |
7 |
* : 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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