Variation over

Item

As on May 4, 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

2,00,356

42,782

539

128

3,152

501

12,999

2,705

35,688

5,050

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

1,87,680

40,077

621

158*

3,198

523

13,473

2,813

35,686

5,248

(b) Gold

12,629

2,695

–82

–30

–82

–30

–514

–116

–10

–200

(c) SDRs

47

10

—

—

36

8

40

8

12

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.