Variation over

Item

As on Aug. 18, 2006

Week

End-March 2006

End-December 2005

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

7,68,648

1,65,367

639

273

92,261

13,745

1,50,265

28,161

1,44,539

22,149

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,34,580

1,58,042

639

273*

87,253

12,934

1,44,083

27,024

1,35,864

20,659

(b)

Gold

30,496

6,557

—

—

4,822

802

6,726

1,283

11,380

2,162

(c)

SDRs

6

1

—

—

–6

–2

–14

–4

–13

–3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,566

767

—

—

192

11

–530

–142

–2,692

–669

* : 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.