(Rs. crore)

Variation over

Item

As on Apr. 13, 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

8,68,593

2,03,092

3,911

2,772

371

3,913

84,611

25,841

1,65,954

47,896

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

8,37,037

1,95,844

3,917

2,769 *

440

3,920

84,299

25,657

1,63,512

47,163

(b) Gold

29,573

6,784

—

—

—

—

749

267

3,899

1,029

(c) SDRs

8

2

—

—

—

—

4

1

–4

–1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,975

462

–6

3

–69

–7

–441

–84

–1,453

–295

* : 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.