Item

Variation over

As on Dec. 22, 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

7,85,931

1,76,233

1,997

714

1,09,544

24,611

1,67,548

39,027

1,35,022

32,183

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,54,422

1,69,191

1,995

712*

1,07,095

24,083

1,63,925

38,173

1,30,272

30,982

(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

–16

–4

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,438

547

2

2

–936

–209

–1,658

–362

–1,675

–364

* : 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.