Variation over

Item

As on Mar. 9, 2001

Week

End-March 2000

End-December 2000

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

1,95,694

42,052

195

75

29,781

4,016

8,337

1,975

36,442

5,519

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

1,83,050

39,340

195

75*

30,126

4,282

8,843

2,076

37,351

5,915

(b) Gold

12,637

2,711

—

—

–336

–263

–506

–100

–900

–393

(c) SDRs

7

1

—

—

–9

–3

—

–1

–9

–3

* : 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.