Variation over

Item

As on Jun. 2, 2006

Week

End-March 2006

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

7,59,814

1,64,529

14,883

1,937

83,427

12,907

1,41,431

27,323

1,54,409

25,868

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,23,660

1,56,738

10,654

1,230*

76,333

11,630

1,33,163

25,720

1,44,163

24,008

(b)

Gold

32,549

7,010

4,214

710

6,875

1,255

8,779

1,736

13,430

2,634

(c)

SDRs

2

1

—

—

–10

–2

–18

–4

–17

–3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,603

780

15

–2

229

24

–493

–129

–3,167

–771

*: 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.