| | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Apr. 23, 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 | 5,20,235 | 1,17,879 | 4,332 | 287 | 30,106 | 4,920 | 49,763 | 14,728 | 1,52,358 | 40,197 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 4,96,333 | 1,12,394 | 4,312 | 291* | 30,118 | 4,946 | 51,101 | 14,777 | 1,48,442 | 38,922 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (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** | 5,676 | 1,285 | 20 | –4 | –12 | –26 | –326 | –31 | 2,494 | 613 | * : 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. |