Variation over

Item

As on Jul. 7, 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

7,52,934

1,63,260

2,234

348

76,547

11,638

1,34,551

26,054

1,55,695

26,361

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,20,924

1,56,315

2,223

347*

73,597

11,207

1,30,427

25,297

1,49,820

25,418

(b)

Gold

28,479

6,180

—

—

2,805

425

4,709

906

9,104

1,727

(c)

SDRs

2

—

—

—

–10

–3

–18

–5

–16

–4

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,529

765

11

1

155

9

–567

–144

–3,213

–780

*: 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.