Variation over

Item

As on Aug. 25, 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

7,70,518

1,65,326

1,870

–41

94,131

13,704

1,52,135

28,120

1,41,602

21,485

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,36,438

1,58,000

1,858

–42*

89,111

12,892

1,45,941

26,982

1,32,968

20,001

(b)

Gold

30,496

6,557

—

—

4,822

802

6,726

1,283

11,380

2,162

(c)

SDRs

6

1

—

—

–6

–2

–14

–4

–13

–3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,578

768

12

1

204

12

–518

–141

–2,733

–675

* : 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.