Variation over

Item

As on Jul. 28, 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

7,63,394

1,64,023

–1,101

675

87,007

12,401

1,45,011

26,817

1,51,916

23,423

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,31,320

1,57,071

–1,090

673*

83,993

11,963

1,40,823

26,053

1,46,001

22,484

(b)

Gold

28,479

6,180

—

—

2,805

425

4,709

906

9,104

1,727

(c)

SDRs

33

7

—

—

21

4

13

2

15

3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,562

765

–11

2

188

9

–534

–144

–3,204

–791

* : 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 as been included in the reserves from the week
ended April 2, 2004 in keeping ith the international best practice.