Variation over

Item

As on May 2, 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

12,70,134

312,500

13,228

–371

32,169

2,777

1,85,114

37,184

4,35,467

108,491

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,29,973

302,576

15,218

248*

33,950

3,346

1,79,488

36,023

4,26,289

106,076

(b)

Gold

38,141

9,427

–1,983

–612

–1,983

–612

5,322

1,099

9,090

2,391

(c)

SDRs

74

18

1

—

—

—

61

15

30

7

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,946

479

–8

–7

202

43

243

47

58

17

* : 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.