Variation over

Item

As on May 31, 2002

Week

End-March 2002

End-December 2001

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

2,75,296

56,148

1,757

333

11,260

2,042

43,489

8,036

73,411

13,236

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

2,59,319

52,890

1,158

215*

10,201

1,841

41,298

7,639

70,687

12,798

(b) Gold

15,932

3,249

599

118

1,064

202

2,171

393

2,699

433

(c) SDRs

45

9

—

—

–5

–1

20

4

25

5

* : 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.