| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | Item | As on Sep. 10, 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 | 5,47,199 | 1,18,255 | 2,577 | 679 | 57,070 | 5,296 | 76,727 | 15,104 | 1,39,619 | 29,231 | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,21,998 | 1,12,816 | 2,585 | 680* | 55,783 | 5,368 | 76,766 | 15,199 | 1,36,840 | 28,684 | (b) Gold | 19,186 | 4,140 | — | — | 970 | –58 | –39 | –75 | 2,128 | 420 | (c) SDRs | 7 | 1 | — | — | –3 | –1 | –6 | –2 | –9 | –3 | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,008 | 1,298 | –8 | –1 | 320 | –13 | 6 | –18 | 660 | 130 | *: 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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