Variation over

Item

As on Jan. 27, 2006

Week

End-March2005

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

6,16,293

1,39,481

–2,655

37

–2,823

–2,033

–2,090

2,275

48,468

9,761

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,88,435

1,33,281

–2,645

35*

–4,686

–2,290

–2,062

2,263

46,792

9,562

(b) Gold

23,770

5,274

—

—

4,084

774

—

—

3,801

692

(c) SDRs

20

5

—

—

—

—

—

—

–2

—

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,068

921

–10

2

–2,221

–517

–28

12

–2,123

–493

*: 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.