Variation over

Item

As on May 3, 2002

Week

End-March 2002

End-December 2001

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

2,72,424

55,620

1,489

304

8,388

1,514

40,617

7,508

72,068

12,838

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

2,57,031

52,477

1,024

220*

7,913

1,428

39,010

7,226

69,351

12,400

(b) Gold

15,333

3,131

465

84

465

84

1,572

275

2,704

436

(c) SDRs

60

12

—

—

10

2

35

7

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.