| | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on May 7, 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 | 5,30,024 | 1,18,579 | 4,283 | 89 | 39,895 | 5,620 | 59,552 | 15,428 | 1,54,701 | 39,056 | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,05,646 | 1,13,095 | 4,217 | 84* | 39,431 | 5,647 | 60,414 | 15,478 | 1,50,947 | 37,931 | | (b) Gold | 18,598 | 4,191 | — | — | 382 | –7 | –627 | –24 | 2,550 | 802 | | (c) SDRs | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | –3 | –1 | –16 | –4 | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 5,770 | 1,291 | 66 | 5 | 82 | –20 | –232 | –25 | 1,220 | 327 | * : 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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