2. Foreign Exchange Reserves

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Date: October 07, 2000



							Variation over

	Item	As on Sep. 29, 2000		Week		End- March 2000		End- December 1999		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		1,63,167	35,434	298	72	-2,746	-2,602	11,224	499	19,972	2,585
of which :
(a) Foreign Currency Assets		1,50,196	32,602	298	72*	-2,728	-2,456	11,062	610	18,856	2,471

(b) Gold		12,963	2,830			-10	-144	172	-109	1,113	113

(c) SDRs		8	2			-8	-2	-10	-2	3	1

*	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.