Variation over

Item

As on Jun. 27, 2008

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

13,33,962

311,790

–8,418

–691

95,997

2,067

2,48,942

36,474

4,64,021

98,304

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,92,470

302,050

–8,420

–694*

96,447

2,820

2,41,985

35,497

4,52,557

95,936

(b)

Gold

39,190

9,202

—

—

–934

–837

6,371

874

11,043

2,291

(c)

SDRs

47

11

—

—

–27

–8

34

8

41

10

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,255

527

2

3

511

91

552

95

380

67

* : 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.