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Date : Mar 05, 2005
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves

Variation over

Item

As on Feb. 25, 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

5,92,690

1,35,658

9,862

2,699

1,02,561

22,699

21,012

4,480

96,298

25,987

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,67,289

1,29,844

9,853

2,692*

1,01,074

22,396

21,823

4,680

96,271

25,775

(b) Gold

19,181

4,390

965

192

–788

–192

–251

101

(c) SDRs

20

5

10

3

–2

10

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,200

1,419

9

7

512

108

–21

–8

268

108

*: 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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