Variation over

Item

As on Jan. 18, 2008

Week

End-March
2007

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

11,18,909

284,898

11,900

3,169

2,50,687

85,719

33,889

9,582

3,29,163

106,770

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

10,84,377

276,134

11,903

3,170 *

2,47,780

84,210

33,892

9,581

3,25,863

105,066

(b)

Gold

32,819

8,328

—

—

3,246

1,544

—

—

3,995

1,811

(c)

SDRs

13

3

—

—

5

1

—

—

9

2

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,700

433

–3

–1

–344

–36

–3

1

–704

–109

* : 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.