Variation over

Item

As on May 11, 2007

Week

End-March 2007

End-December 2006

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

8,43,266

2,03,991

8,599

–18

–24,956

4,812

59,284

26,740

1,05,599

40,236

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

8,12,302

1,96,493

8,618

–7 *

–24,295

4,569

59,564

26,306

1,06,522

39,827

(b) Gold

29,051

7,036

—

—

–522

252

227

519

716

735

(c) SDRs

6

1

–38

–10

–2

–1

2

—

4

1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,907

461

19

–1

–137

–8

–509

–85

–1,643

–327

*: 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.