| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Dec. 31, 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 | 5,71,678 | 1,31,178 | –2,726 | 163 | 81,549 | 18,219 | 1,01,206 | 28,027 | 1,00,184 | 27,759 | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,45,466 | 1,25,164 | –2,375 | 115* | 79,251 | 17,716 | 1,00,234 | 27,547 | 99,208 | 27,279 | | (b) Gold | 19,969 | 4,582 | –347 | 42 | 1,753 | 384 | 744 | 367 | 744 | 367 | | (c) SDRs | 22 | 5 | — | — | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,221 | 1,427 | –4 | 6 | 533 | 116 | 219 | 111 | 223 | 111 | | *: 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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