Variation over

Item

As on Oct. 27, 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

7,56,052

1,67,092

2,810

939

79,665

15,470

1,37,669

29,886

1,08,294

23,318

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,24,586

1,60,236

2,781

932*

77,259

15,128

1,34,089

29,218

1,04,003

22,604

(b)

Gold

28,506

6,202

—

—

2,832

447

4,736

928

7,779

1,490

(c)

SDRs

33

7

27

6

21

4

13

2

13

3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,927

647

2

1

–447

–109

–1,169

–262

–3,501

–779

* : 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.