| | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Apr. 30, 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 | 5,25,741 | 1,18,490 | 5,506 | 611 | 35,612 | 5,531 | 55,269 | 15,339 | 1,53,741 | 39,943 | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,01,429 | 1,13,011 | 5,096 | 617* | 35,214 | 5,563 | 56,197 | 15,394 | 1,49,992 | 38,806 | | (b) Gold | 18,598 | 4,191 | 382 | –7 | 382 | –7 | –627 | –24 | 2,550 | 802 | | (c) SDRs | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | –3 | –1 | –9 | –2 | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 5,704 | 1,286 | 28 | 1 | 16 | –25 | –298 | –30 | 1,208 | 337 | * : 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.
|