Item

Variation over

As on Aug. 22, 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

12,88,763

297,286

20,711

1,076

50,798

–12,438

2,03,743

21,970

3,46,875

68,437

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,45,219

287,049

20,674

1,074*

49,196

–12,181

1,94,734

20,496

3,33,062

65,544

(b)

Gold

41,366

9,735

—

—

1,242

–304

8,547

1,407

13,516

2,848

(c)

SDRs

16

4

—

—

–58

–15

3

1

7

2

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,162

498

37

2

418

62

459

66

290

43

* : 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.