Variation over

Item

As on Mar. 24, 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

6,63,797

1,48,662

14,544

2,503

44,681

7,148

45,414

11,456

46,290

7,755

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,34,881

1,42,159

14,541

2,506*

41,760

6,588

44,384

11,141

42,788

7,070

(b) Gold

25,541

5,747

—

—

5,855

1,247

1,771

473

6,445

1,371

(c) SDRs

12

3

—

—

–8

–2

–8

–2

–8

–2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,363

753

3

–3

–2,926

–685

–733

–156

–2,935

–684

*: 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.