Variation over

Item

As on Jan. 25, 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

11,35,969

288,316

17,060

3,418

2,67,747

89,137

50,949

13,000

3,43,853

109,264

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

11,01,405

279,545

17,028

3,411 *

2,64,808

87,621

50,920

12,992

3,40,550

107,561

(b)

Gold

32,819

8,328

—

—

3,246

1,544

—

—

3,995

1,811

(c)

SDRs

36

9

23

6

28

7

23

6

–8

–1

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,709

434

9

1

–335

–35

6

2

–684

–107

* : 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.