Variation over

Item

As on May 30,
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

13,39,943

314,614

–12,289

–1,557

1,01,978

4,891

2,54,923

39,298

4,95,066

106,241

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,98,464

304,875

–13,308

–1,328*

1,02,441

5,645

2,47,979

38,322

4,83,602

103,873

(b)

Gold

39,190

9,202

1,049

–225

–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**

2,242

526

–30

–4

498

90

539

94

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.