Variation over

Item

As on Dec. 16, 2005

Week

End-March2005

End-December 2004

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

6,58,286

1,45,000

–6,884

1,057

39,170

3,486

86,608

13,822

82,837

14,379

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,29,949

1,38,816

–6,843

1,042*

36,828

3,245

84,483

13,652

81,044

14,150

(b) Gold

22,626

4,925

—

—

2,940

425

2,657

343

2,310

385

(c) SDRs

21

5

—

1

1

—

–1

—

–1

—

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

5,690

1,254

–41

14

–599

–184

–531

–173

–516

–156

*: 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.