Variation over

Item

As on Apr. 20, 2001

Week

End-March 2001

End-December 2000

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

2,00,300

42,765

42

43

3,096

484

12,943

2,688

33,504

4,543

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

1,87,542

40,030

41

43*

3,060

476

13,335

2,766

33,755

4,790

(b) Gold

12,711

2,725

—

—

—

—

–432

–86

–262

–249

(c) SDRs

47

10

1

—

36

8

40

8

11

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.