Variation over

Item

As on Feb. 17, 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

6,27,728

1,41,240

6,976

811

8,612

–274

9,345

4,034

44,900

8,281

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,99,346

1,34,806

6,972

815*

6,225

–765

8,849

3,788

41,910

7,654

(b) Gold

25,030

5,680

—

—

5,344

1,180

1,260

406

5,849

1,290

(c) SDRs

12

3

—

—

–8

–2

–8

–2

–8

–2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,340

751

4

–4

–2,949

–687

–756

–158

–2,851

–661

*: 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.