Variation over

Item

As on Aug. 24, 2001

Week

End-March 2001

End-December 2000

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

2,11,827

44,951

1,663

361

14,623

2,670

24,470

4,874

48,715

9,349

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

1,98,736

42,176

1,663

361*

14,254

2,622

24,529

4,912

48,785

9,500

(b) Gold

13,070

2,771

—

—

359

46

–73

–40

–83

–153

(c) SDRs

21

4

—

—

10

2

14

2

13

2

* : 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.