Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 6, 2002

Week

End-March2002

End-December 2001

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

3,01,198

62,066

2,730

551

37,162

7,960

69,391

13,954

86,999

16,701

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

2,85,587

58,848

2,981

591*

36,469

7,799

67,566

13,597

84,692

16,304

(b) Gold

15,563

3,208

–251

–40

695

161

1,802

352

2,280

391

(c) SDRs

48

10

—

—

–2

—

23

5

27

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.