Variation over

As on Dec. 15, 2006
Rs. Crore US$ Mn.

Week
Rs. Crore US$ Mn.

End-March 2006
Rs. Crore US$ Mn.

End-December 2005
Rs. Crore US$ Mn.

Year
Rs. Crore US$ Mn.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Total Reserves

7,83,934

1,75,519

174

75

1,07,547

23,897

1,65,551

38,313

1,25,648

30,519

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,52,427

1,68,479

155

79*

1,05,100

23,371

1,61,930

37,461

1,22,478

29,663

(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

4

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,436

545

19

4

938

211

1,660

364

3,254

709

* : 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.