Variation over

Item

As on Oct. 29, 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

5,51,048

1,21,178

–1,177

562

60,919

8,219

80,576

18,027

1,25,932

27,375

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,25,632

1,15,651

–1,187

550*

59,417

8,203

80,400

18,034

1,23,760

26,977

(b) Gold

19,349

4,192

—

—

1,133

–6

124

–23

1,581

272

(c) SDRs

24

5

17

4

14

3

11

2

8

1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,043

1,330

–7

8

355

19

41

14

583

125

*: 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.