| | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Apr. 16, 2004 | Week | End-March2004 | 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 | 5,15,903 | 1,17,592 | 9,743 | 1,532 | 25,774 | 4,633 | 45,431 | 14,441 | 1,52,309 | 40,845 | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 4,92,021 | 1,12,103 | 9,758 | 1,543* | 25,806 | 4,655 | 46,789 | 14,486 | 1,48,406 | 39,564 | | (b) Gold | 18,216 | 4,198 | — | — | — | — | –1,009 | –17 | 1,431 | 664 | | (c) SDRs | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | –3 | –1 | –9 | –2 | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 5,656 | 1,289 | –15 | –11 | –32 | –22 | –346 | –27 | 2,481 | 619 |
*: 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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