Variation over

Item

As on Aug. 17, 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

2,10,164

44,590

2,184

455

12,960

2,309

22,807

4,513

47,040

8,957

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

1,97,073

41,815

2,207

460*

12,591

2,261

22,866

4,551

47,110

9,108

(b) Gold

13,070

2,771

—

—

359

46

–73

–40

–83

–153

(c) SDRs

21

4

–23

–5

10

2

14

2

13

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.