Variation over

Item

As on Dec. 3, 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

5,78,526

1,30,717

6,807

3,794

88,397

17,758

1,08,054

27,566

1,27,929

31,973

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,51,944

1,24,761

6,143

3,553*

85,729

17,313

1,06,712

27,144

1,25,494

31,282

(b) Gold

20,316

4,540

540

189

2,100

342

1,091

325

1,766

502

(c) SDRs

22

5

—

—

12

3

9

2

9

2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,244

1,411

124

52

556

100

242

95

660

187

*: 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.