Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 8, 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

1,61,405

35,355

-1,729

-264

-4,508

-2,681

9,462

420

17,797

2,369

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

1,48,434

32,523

-1,729

-264*

-4,490

-2,535

9,300

531

16,428

2,205

(b) Gold

12,963

2,830

—

—

-10

-144

172

-109

1,400

171

(c) SDRs

8

2

—

—

-8

-2

-10

-2

-31

-7

* 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.