Variation over

Item

As on
Sep. 26, 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

13,52,622

2,91,819

2,409

–153

1,14,657

–17,904

2,67,602

16,503

3,68,018

44,057

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

13,12,352

2,82,652

2,373

–159*

1,16,329

–16,578

2,61,867

16,099

3,58,771

42,697

(b)

Gold

38,064

8,692

—

—

–2,060

–1,347

5,245

364

8,789

1,325

(c)

SDRs

17

4

—

—

–57

–14

4

1

9

2

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,189

471

36

6

445

35

486

39

449

33

* : 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.