| | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Apr. 2, 2004 | Week | End-March 2004 | End-December 2003 | 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 | 4,93,085 | 1,12,690 | –6,426 | 1,068 | 2,956 | –269 | 22,613 | 9,539 | 1,34,205 | 36,984 | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 4,69,104 | 1,07,175 | –5,595 | 1,050* | 2,889 | –273 | 23,872 | 9,558 | 1,30,185 | 35,673 | | (b) Gold | 18,216 | 4,198 | –750 | 8 | — | — | –1,009 | –17 | 1,431 | 664 | | (c) SDRs | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | –3 | –1 | –9 | –2 | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 5,755 | 1,315 | –81 | 10 | 67 | 4 | –247 | –1 | 2,598 | 649 | * : 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.
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