Variation over

Item

As on Nov. 17, 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

7,66,772

1,70,355

18,399

2,071

90,385

18,733

1,48,389

33,149

1,16,738

28,174

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,36,528

1,63,637

18,379

2,074*

89,201

18,529

1,46,031

32,619

1,14,462

27,637

(b)

Gold

27,320

6,068

—

—

1,646

313

3,550

794

5,377

1,204

(c)

SDRs

4

1

—

—

–8

–2

–16

–4

–16

–3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,920

649

20

–3

–454

–107

–1,176

–260

–3,085

–664

* : 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.