Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 8, 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

7,63,167

1,65,138

–11,379

–1,320

86,780

13,516

1,44,784

27,932

1,26,602

19,861

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,29,196

1,57,835

–11,340

–1,317*

81,869

12,727

1,38,699

26,817

1,18,966

18,545

(b)

Gold

30,436

6,538

—

—

4,762

783

6,666

1,264

10,465

2,003

(c)

SDRs

6

1

—

—

–6

–2

–14

–4

–13

–3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,529

764

–39

–3

155

8

–567

–145

–2,816

–684

* : 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.