Variation over

Item

As on Jul. 11, 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

13,18,212

308,520

–14,133

123

80,247

–1,204

2,33,192

33,204

4,31,909

89,564

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,76,415

298,786

–14,099

125*

80,392

–444

2,25,930

32,233

4,19,654

87,083

(b)

Gold

39,548

9,208

—

—

–576

–831

6,729

880

11,893

2,421

(c)

SDRs

47

11

–1

—

–27

–8

34

8

41

10

(d)

Reserve Position
in the IMF**

2,202

515

–33

–2

458

79

499

83

321

50

* : 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.