Variation over

Item

As on Mar. 23, 2001

Week

End-March 2000

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

1,96,000

42,000

–923

–198

30,087

3,964

8,643

1,923

32,355

4,467

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

1,83,352

39,287

–927

–199*

30,428

4,229

9,145

2,023

33,260

4,862

(b) Gold

12,637

2,711

—

—

–336

–263

–506

–100

–900

–393

(c) SDRs

11

2

4

1

–5

–2

4

—

–5

–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.