Variation over

Item

As on Jun. 30, 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

7,50,700

1,62,912

2,279

952

74,313

11,290

1,32,317

25,706

1,52,415

25,469

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,18,701

1,55,968

6,404

1,791*

71,374

10,860

1,28,204

24,950

1,46,602

24,542

(b)

Gold

28,479

6,180

–4,070

–830

2,805

425

4,709

906

9,104

1,727

(c)

SDRs

2

—

—

—

–10

–3

–18

–5

–16

–4

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,518

764

–55

–9

144

8

–578

–145

–3,275

–796

*: 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.