| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Dec. 24, 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 | 5,74,404 | 1,31,015 | –1,045 | 394 | 84,275 | 18,056 | 1,03,932 | 27,864 | 1,09,814 | 29,119 | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,47,841 | 1,25,049 | –1,064 | 383* | 81,626 | 17,601 | 1,02,609 | 27,432 | 1,07,768 | 28,500 | | (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** | 6,225 | 1,421 | 19 | 11 | 537 | 110 | 223 | 105 | 271 | 115 | *: 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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