Variation over

Item

As on Jan. 13, 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

6,17,894

1,39,510

–4,665

158

–1,222

–2,004

–489

2,304

50,695

10,132

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,90,020

1,33,308

–4,646

154*

–3,101

–2,263

–477

2,290

49,025

9,934

(b) Gold

23,770

5,274

—

—

4,084

774

—

—

3,801

692

(c) SDRs

20

5

—

—

—

—

—

—

–2

—

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,084

923

–19

4

–2,205

–515

–12

14

–2,129

–494

*: 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.