Variation over

Item

As on May 25, 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

2,01,034

42,824

17

–5

3,830

543

13,677

2,747

35,839

5,500

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

1,88,385

40,125

17

–5*

3,903

571

14,178

2,861

35,837

5,698

(b) Gold

12,629

2,695

—

—

–82

–30

–514

–116

–10

–200

(c) SDRs

20

4

—

—

9

2

13

2

12

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.