Variation over

Item

As on May 19, 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

7,40,516

1,62,962

2,850

–793

64,129

11,340

1,22,133

25,756

1,32,954

23,308

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,08,625

1,55,879

2,845

–787*

61,298

10,771

1,18,128

24,861

1,26,738

22,112

(b)

Gold

28,335

6,301

—

—

2,661

546

4,565

1,027

8,942

1,858

(c)

SDRs

2

—

—

—

–10

–3

–18

–5

–17

–4

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,554

782

5

–6

180

26

–542

–127

–2,709

–658

*: 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.