Variation over

Item

As on Dec. 14,
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

10,74,343

272,954

–3,946

–599

2,06,121

73,775

2,90,361

95,703

2,90,409

97,435

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

10,39,485

264,164

–3,934

–596 *

2,02,888

72,240

2,86,747

93,977

2,87,058

95,685

(b)

Gold

33,151

8,357

—

—

3,578

1,573

4,327

1,840

4,084

1,863

(c)

SDRs

13

3

—

—

5

1

9

2

9

2

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,694

430

–12

–3

–350

–39

–722

–116

–742

–115

* : 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.