| | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Jun. 4, 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 | 5,40,968 | 1,19,678 | –2,468 | –142 | 50,839 | 6,719 | 70,496 | 16,527 | 1,55,206 | 37,303 | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,16,986 | 1,14,403 | –1,940 | 77* | 50,771 | 6,955 | 71,754 | 16,786 | 1,51,797 | 36,405 | | (b) Gold | 18,104 | 3,974 | –494 | –217 | –112 | –224 | –1,121 | –241 | 828 | 301 | | (c) SDRs | 8 | 2 | — | — | –2 | — | –5 | –1 | 2 | 1 | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 5,870 | 1,299 | –34 | –2 | 182 | –12 | –132 | –17 | 2,579 | 596 | * : 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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