Variation over

Item

As on Jul. 14, 2006

Week

End-March 2006

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

7,55,011

1,62,659

2,077

–601

78,624

11,037

1,36,628

25,453

1,56,351

25,098

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,22,989

1,55,716

2,065

–599*

75,662

10,608

1,32,492

24,698

1,50,497

24,169

(b)

Gold

28,479

6,180

—

—

2,805

425

4,709

906

9,104

1,727

(c)

SDRs

2

—

—

—

–10

–3

–18

–5

–16

–4

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,541

763

12

–2

167

7

–555

–146

–3,234

–794

** : 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