Variation over

Item

As on Jan. 6, 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

6,22,559

1,39,352

4,176

2,146

3,443

–2,162

4,176

2,146

56,775

10,240

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,94,666

1,33,154

4,169

2,136*

1,545

–2,417

4,169

2,136

55,021

10,032

(b) Gold

23,770

5,274

—

—

4,084

774

—

—

3,801

692

(c) SDRs

20

5

—

—

—

—

—

—

–2

—

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,103

919

7

10

–2,186

–519

7

10

–2,045

–484

*: 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.