Variation over

Item

As on May 18,
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

8,34,563

203,982

–8,703

–9

–33,659

4,803

50,581

26,731

94,047

41,020

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

8,03,625

196,485

–8,677

–8 *

–32,972

4,561

50,887

26,298

95,000

40,606

(b) Gold

29,051

7,036

—

—

–522

252

227

519

716

735

(c) SDRs

6

1

—

—

–2

–1

2

—

4

1

(d) Reserve Position
in the IMF**

1,881

460

–26

–1

–163

–9

–535

–86

–1,673

–322

*: 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.