Variation over

Item

As on Aug. 4, 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

7,71,592

1,65,795

8,198

1,772

95,205

14,173

1,53,209

28,589

1,51,125

23,158

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,37,498

1,58,465

6,178

1,394*

90,171

13,357

1,47,001

27,447

1,43,002

21,799

(b)

Gold

30,496

6,557

2,017

377

4,822

802

6,726

1,283

11,380

2,162

(c)

SDRs

33

7

—

—

21

4

13

2

15

3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,565

766

3

1

191

10

–531

–143

–3,272

–806

* : 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.