Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 15, 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

7,63,924

1,65,542

757

404

87,537

13,920

1,45,541

28,336

1,31,146

21,320

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,29,958

1,58,239

762

404*

82,631

13,131

1,39,461

27,221

1,23,486

19,996

(b)

Gold

30,436

6,538

—

—

4,762

783

6,666

1,264

10,465

2,003

(c)

SDRs

6

1

—

—

–6

–2

–14

–4

–13

–3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,524

764

–5

—

150

8

–572

–145

–2,792

–676

* : 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.