Variation over

Item

As on Oct. 20, 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

7,53,242

1,66,153

2,583

1,202

76,855

14,531

1,34,859

28,947

1,08,541

23,057

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,21,805

1,59,304

2,584

1,199*

74,478

14,196

1,31,308

28,286

1,04,249

22,343

(b)

Gold

28,506

6,202

—

—

2,832

447

4,736

928

7,779

1,490

(c)

SDRs

6

1

—

—

–6

–2

–14

–4

–14

–3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,925

646

–1

3

–449

–110

–1,171

–263

–3,473

–773

* : Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation/depreciation of non-U 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.