Variation over

Item

As on Feb. 3, 2006

Week

End-March2005

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

6,19,025

1,39,977

2,732

496

–91

–1,537

642

2,771

58,539

11,063

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,89,919

1,33,375

1,484

94*

–3,202

–2,196

–578

2,357

54,771

10,268

(b) Gold

25,030

5,680

1,260

406

5,344

1,180

1,260

406

5,849

1,290

(c) SDRs

20

5

—

—

—

—

—

—

–1

—

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,056

917

–12

–4

–2,233

–521

–40

8

–2,080

–495

*: 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.