| | Variation over | Item | As on Sep. 3, 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 | 5,44,622 | 1,17,576 | 321 | 54 | 54,493 | 4,617 | 74,150 | 14,425 | 1,38,886 | 29,251 | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,19,413 | 1,12,136 | 274 | 35* | 53,198 | 4,688 | 74,181 | 14,519 | 1,35,161 | 28,494 | (b) Gold | 19,186 | 4,140 | 36 | 17 | 970 | –58 | –39 | –75 | 2,128 | 420 | (c) SDRs | 7 | 1 | — | — | –3 | –1 | –6 | –2 | –9 | –2 | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,016 | 1,299 | 11 | 2 | 328 | –12 | 14 | –17 | 1,606 | 339 | * : 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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