Variation over

Item

As on May 16, 2003

Week

End-March2003

End-December 2002

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

3,73,537

79,225

2,764

666

15,257

3,797

35,188

8,780

1,01,185

23,652

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

3,57,463

75,830

2,764

666*

15,987

3,940

35,689

8,836

1,00,489

23,397

(b) Gold

16,048

3,389

—

—

–737

–145

–494

–55

715

258

(c) SDRs

26

6

—

—

7

2

–7

–1

–19

–3

* : 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.