Variation over

Item

As on Oct. 22, 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

5,52,225

1,20,616

3,449

980

62,096

7,657

81,753

17,465

1,29,998

27,515

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,26,819

1,15,101

3,395

966*

60,604

7,653

81,587

17,484

1,28,055

27,132

(b) Gold

19,349

4,192

—

—

1,133

–6

124

–23

1,382

273

(c) SDRs

7

1

1

—

–3

–1

–6

–2

–10

–3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,050

1,322

53

14

362

11

48

6

571

113

*: 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.