2. Foreign Exchange Reserves

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Date: June 16, 2001



						Variation over

Item	As on Jun. 8, 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	2,01,970	43,007	85	95	4,766	726	14,613	2,930	37,060	6,152
of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets	1,88,717	40,187	85	95*	4,235	633	14,510	2,923	36,524	6,185

(b) Gold	13,233	2,816			522	91	90	5	524	35

(c) SDRs	20	4			9	2	13	2	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.