Variation over

Item

As on Jan. 7, 2005

Week

End-March2004

End-December 2004

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

5,65,784

1,29,112

–5,894

–2,066

75,655

16,153

–5,894

–2,066

87,303

23,962

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,39,645

1,23,122

–5,821

–2,042*

73,430

15,674

–5,821

–2,042

86,436

23,516

(b) Gold

19,969

4,582

—

—

1,753

384

—

—

744

367

(c) SDRs

22

5

—

—

12

3

—

—

9

2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,148

1,403

–73

–24

460

92

–73

–24

114

77

*: 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.