Variation over

Item

As on May 12, 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

7,37,666

1,63,755

8,703

1,342

61,279

12,133

1,19,283

26,549

1,28,789

23,581

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,05,780

1,56,666

8,664

1,337*

58,453

11,558

1,15,283

25,648

1,22,579

22,381

(b)

Gold

28,335

6,301

—

—

2,661

546

4,565

1,027

8,942

1,858

(c)

SDRs

2

—

–23

–6

–10

–3

–18

–5

–17

–4

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,550

788

62

11

176

32

–546

–121

–2,714

–654

*: 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.