2. Foreign Exchange Reserves

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Date: March 29, 2003



			Variation over
Item	As on Mar. 21, 2003		Week		End-March 2002		End-December 2002		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	3,52,115	73,821	–185	–97	88,079	19,715	13,766	3,376	92,074	20,504
of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets	3,34,337	70,092	–185	–97 *	85,219	19,043	12,563	3,098	89,244	19,837

(b)Gold	17,759	3,725	—	—	2,891	678	1,217	281	2,861	673

(c) SDRs	19	4	—	—	–31	–6	–14	–3	–31	–6

* : 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.