| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | Item | As on Oct. 8, 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 | 5,46,908 | 1,19,304 | –946 | 20 | 56,779 | 6,345 | 76,436 | 16,153 | 1,31,219 | 27,742 | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,21,587 | 1,13,809 | –928 | 21* | 55,372 | 6,361 | 76,355 | 16,192 | 1,29,369 | 27,379 | (b) Gold | 19,349 | 4,192 | — | — | 1,133 | –6 | 124 | –23 | 1,382 | 273 | (c) SDRs | 6 | 1 | — | — | –4 | –1 | –7 | –2 | –11 | –3 | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 5,966 | 1,302 | –18 | –1 | 278 | –9 | –36 | –14 | 479 | 93 | *: 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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