Variation over

Item

As on Jan. 20, 2006

Week

End-March2005

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

6,18,948

1,39,444

1,054

–66

–168

–2,070

565

2,238

52,396

10,015

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,91,080

1,33,246

1,060

–62*

–2,041

–2,325

583

2,228

50,688

9,813

(b) Gold

23,770

5,274

—

—

4,084

774

—

—

3,801

692

(c) SDRs

20

5

—

—

—

—

—

—

–2

—

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,078

919

–6

–4

–2,211

–519

–18

10

–2,091

–490

*: 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.