Variation over

Item

As on Dec. 12, 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

12,20,840

250,453

–938

4,596

–17,125

–59,270

1,35,820

–24,863

1,46,497

–22,501

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

11,77,444

241,725

–946

4,577*

–18,579

–57,505

1,26,959

–24,828

1,37,959

–22,439

(b) Gold

39,177

7,861

—

—

–947

–2,178

6,358

–467

6,026

–496

(c) SDRs

13

3

—

—

–61

–15

—

—

—

—

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,206

864

8

19

2,462

428

2,503

432

2,512

434

* : 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.