Variation over

Item

As on Mar. 10, 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

6,40,416

1,43,921

5,367

773

21,300

2,407

22,033

6,715

28,402

3,492

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,11,515

1,37,419

5,366

776*

18,394

1,848

21,018

6,401

24,999

2,835

(b) Gold

25,541

5,747

—

—

5,855

1,247

1,771

473

6,445

1,371

(c) SDRs

12

3

—

—

–8

–2

–8

–2

–8

–2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,348

752

1

–3

–2,941

–686

–748

–157

–3,034

–712

*: 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.