Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 5, 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

12,80,950

288,811

–12,207

–6,498

42,985

–20,912

1,95,930

13,495

3,42,911

58,434

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,40,701

279,626

–12,203

–6,491*

44,678

–19,604

1,90,216

13,073

3,32,614

56,564

(b)

Gold

38,064

8,692

—

—

–2,060

–1,347

5,245

364

9,878

1,811

(c)

SDRs

16

4

—

—

–58

–14

3

1

8

2

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,169

489

–4

–7

425

53

466

57

411

57

* : 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.