Variation over

Item

As on Oct. 5, 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

2,15,818

44,979

1,751

210

18,614

2,698

28,461

4,902

52,878

9,639

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

2,01,799

42,050

1,036

102*

17,317

2,496

27,592

4,786

51,924

9,546

(b) Gold

13,998

2,925

715

108

1,287

200

855

114

941

91

(c) SDRs

21

4

—

—

10

2

14

2

13

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.