Variation over

Item

As on Mar. 14, 2003

Week

End-March 2002

End-December 2002

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

3,52,300

73,918

780

178

88,264

19,812

13,951

3,473

98,055

    21,729

of which :

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

3,34,522

70,189

780

178*

85,404

19,140

12,748

3,195

95,226

21,062

(b) Gold

17,759

3,725

—

—

2,891

678

1,217

281

2,861

673

(c) SDRs

19

4

—

—

–31

–6

–14

–3

–32

–6

* : 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.