| | | | | | | Variation over | | | | Item | As on Aug. 20, 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 | 5,51,109 | 1,18,892 | –957 | –430 | 60,980 | 5,933 | 80,637 | 15,741 | 1,54,221 | 32,371 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,25,894 | 1,13,461 | –1,008 | –439* | 59,679 | 6,013 | 80,662 | 15,844 | 1,50,154 | 31,529 | (b) Gold | 19,150 | 4,123 | — | — | 934 | –75 | –75 | –92 | 2,410 | 495 | (c) SDRs | 7 | 1 | — | — | –3 | –1 | –6 | –2 | –9 | –2 | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,058 | 1,307 | 51 | 9 | 370 | –4 | 56 | –9 | 1,666 | 349 | | | | | | | | | | | | | * : 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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