Variation over

Item

As on Dec. 19, 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

11,98,239

254,052

–22,601

3,599

–39,726

–55,671

1,13,219

–21,264

1,18,996

–18,670

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

11,54,908

245,308

–22,536

3,583*

–41,115

–53,922

1,04,423

–21,245

1,10,522

–18,626

(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**

4,141

880

–65

16

2,397

444

2,438

448

2,448

452

* : 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.