Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 29, 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

7,59,747

1,65,305

–5,471

–1,177

83,360

13,683

1,41,364

28,099

1,30,432

22,246

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,27,733

1,58,340

–3,515

–835*

80,406

13,232

1,37,236

27,322

1,25,424

21,420

(b)

Gold

28,506

6,202

–1,930

–336

2,832

447

4,736

928

7,779

1,490

(c)

SDRs

6

1

—

—

–6

–2

–14

–4

–13

–3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,502

762

–26

–6

128

6

–594

–147

–2,758

–661

* : 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.