Variation over

Item

As on May 26, 2000

Week

End- March 2000

End- December 1999

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

1,65,195

37,324

751

-88

-718

-712

13,252

2,389

21,086

3,791

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

1,52,548

34,427

751

-88*

-376

-631

13,414

2,435

20,940

3,813

(b) Gold

12,639

2,895

—

—

-334

-79

-152

-44

139

-24

(c) SDRs

8

2

—

—

-8

-2

-10

-2

7

2

*

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.