Variation over

Item

As on May 5, 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

7,28,963

1,62,413

6,400

1,736

52,576

10,791

1,10,580

25,207

1,14,304

20,938

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

6,97,115

1,55,329

6,386

1,731*

49,788

10,221

1,06,618

24,311

1,08,137

19,745

(b)

Gold

28,335

6,301

—

—

2,661

546

4,565

1,027

8,942

1,858

(c)

SDRs

25

6

—

—

13

3

5

1

5

1

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,488

777

15

5

114

21

–608

–132

–2,780

–666

*: 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.