Variation over

Item

As on Nov. 8, 2002

Week

End-March 2002

End-December 2001

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

3,15,617

65,376

3,216

755

51,581

11,270

83,810

17,264

93,459

19,118

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

2,99,700

62,088

3,216

755*

50,582

11,039

81,679

16,837

91,688

18,779

(b) Gold

15,869

3,278

—

—

1,001

231

2,108

422

1,780

341

(c)SDRs

48

10

—

—

–2

—

23

5

–9

–2

* : 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.