Variation over

Item

As on May 11, 2001

Week

End-March 2001

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

2,00,312

42,738

–44

–44

3,108

457

12,955

2,661

35,119

5,108

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

1,87,637

40,033

–43

–44*

3,155

479

13,430

2,769

35,117

5,306

(b) Gold

12,629

2,695

—

—

–82

–30

–514

–116

–10

–200

(c) SDRs

46

10

–1

—

35

8

39

8

12

2

* : 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.