Variation over

Item

As on May 23,
2003

Week

End-March
2003

End-December
2002

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

3,79,492

80,816

5,955

1,591

21,212

5,388

41,143

10,371

1,05,953

25,001

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

3,63,438

77,426

5,975

1,596*

21,962

5,536

41,664

10,432

1,05,277

24,751

(b) Gold

16,048

3,389

—

—

–737

–145

–494

–55

715

258

(c) SDRs

6

1

–20

–5

–13

–3

–27

–6

–39

–8

Memo Item : RTP**

3,295

702

23

8

105

30

114

40

230

77

* : 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.
** : Foreign exchange reserves do not include India's Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). RTP may change, from time to time, due to India's transactions under the Financial Transaction Plan with the IMF as well as changes in SDR exchange rates vis-a-vis rupee and US dollar.