Variation over

Item

As on May 18, 2001

Week

End-March 2001

End-December 2000

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

2,01,017

42,829

705

91

3,813

548

13,660

2,752

36,573

5,417

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

1,88,368

40,130

731

97*

3,886

576

14,161

2,866

36,571

5,615

(b) Gold

12,629

2,695

—

—

–82

–30

–514

–116

–10

–200

(c) SDRs

20

4

–26

–6

9

2

13

2

12

2

* : 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.