Variation over

Item

As on Nov. 12, 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

5,58,501

1,23,538

7,117

1,314

68,372

10,579

88,029

20,387

1,28,253

28,663

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,32,661

1,17,845

7,098

1,312*

66,446

10,397

87,429

20,228

1,25,688

28,105

(b) Gold

19,776

4,351

—

—

1,560

153

551

136

2,008

431

(c) SDRs

22

5

–2

—

12

3

9

2

10

2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,042

1,337

21

2

354

26

40

21

547

125

*: Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation/
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.