Variation over

Item

As on Mar. 3, 2006

Week

End-March2005

End-December 2005

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

6,35,049

1,43,148

5,903

1,558

15,933

1,634

16,666

5,942

33,810

5,589

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,06,149

1,36,643

5,387

1,488*

13,028

1,072

15,652

5,625

30,220

4,882

(b) Gold

25,541

5,747

511

67

5,855

1,247

1,771

473

6,445

1,371

(c) SDRs

12

3

—

—

–8

–2

–8

–2

–8

–2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,347

755

5

3

–2,942

–683

–749

–154

–2,847

–662

*: 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.