| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Nov. 26, 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 | 5,71,719 | 1,26,923 | 7,016 | 1,825 | 81,590 | 13,964 | 1,01,247 | 23,772 | 1,25,009 | 29,633 | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,45,801 | 1,21,208 | 6,969 | 1,812* | 79,586 | 13,760 | 1,00,569 | 23,591 | 1,22,473 | 29,060 | | (b) Gold | 19,776 | 4,351 | — | — | 1,560 | 153 | 551 | 136 | 2,008 | 431 | | (c) SDRs | 22 | 5 | — | — | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,120 | 1,359 | 47 | 13 | 432 | 48 | 118 | 43 | 519 | 140 | | *: 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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