Variation over

Item

As on Dec. 17, 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

5,75,449

1,30,621

–3,190

924

85,320

17,662

1,04,977

27,470

1,14,211

29,331

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,48,905

1,24,666

–3,146

915*

82,690

17,218

1,03,673

27,049

1,11,877

28,658

(b) Gold

20,316

4,540

—

—

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**

6,206

1,410

–44

9

518

99

204

94

559

169

*: 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.