| | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Feb. 4, 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 | 5,60,486 | 1,28,914 | –7,339 | –806 | 70,357 | 15,955 | –11,192 | –2,264 | 71,793 | 20,990 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,35,148 | 1,23,107 | –6,495 | –612* | 68,933 | 15,659 | –10,318 | –2,057 | 71,865 | 20,792 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (b) Gold | 19,181 | 4,390 | –788 | –192 | 965 | 192 | –788 | –192 | –251 | 101 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (c) SDRs | 21 | 5 | –1 | — | 11 | 3 | –1 | — | 8 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,136 | 1,412 | –55 | –2 | 448 | 101 | –85 | –15 | 171 | 95 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | *: 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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