Variation over

Item

As on Oct. 31, 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

12,45,444

252,883

–42,757

–5,532

7,479

–56,840

1,60,424

–22,433

1,96,201

–13,635

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

12,01,920

244,045

–43,802

–5,349*

5,897

–55,185

1,51,435

–22,508

1,85,134

–14,219

(b)

Gold

41,281

8,382

1,076

–183

1,157

–1,657

8,462

54

10,569

571

(c)

SDRs

43

9

—

—

–31

–9

30

6

–9

–4

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,200

447

–31

—

456

11

497

15

507

17

* : 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.