Item

As on Dec. 8, 2006

Variation over

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

7,84,108

1,75,444

142

–45

1,07,721

23,822

1,65,725

38,238

1,18,938

31,501

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,52,582

1,68,400

138

–45*

1,05,255

23,292

1,62,085

37,382

1,15,790

30,626

(b)

Gold

29,067

6,494

—

—

3,393

739

5,297

1,220

6,441

1,569

(c)

SDRs

4

1

—

—

–8

–2

–16

–4

–17

–3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,455

549

4

—

–919

–207

–1,641

–360

–3,276

–691

* : 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.