Variation over

Item

As on Dec. 2, 2005

Week

End-March2005

End-December 2004

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

6,59,878

1,43,098

9,311

921

40,762

1,584

88,200

11,920

81,352

12,381

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,31,542

1,36,935

8,938

936*

38,421

1,364

86,076

11,771

79,598

12,174

(b) Gold

22,626

4,925

683

61

2,940

425

2,657

343

2,310

385

(c) SDRs

21

4

—

—

1

–1

–1

–1

–1

–1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

5,689

1,234

–310

–76

–600

–204

–532

–193

–555

–177

*: 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.