Variation over

Item

As on Mar. 11, 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

6,12,014

1,40,429

10,775

2,870

1,21,885

27,470

40,336

9,251

1,10,006

29,537

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,86,516

1,34,584

10,587

2,823*

1,20,301

27,136

41,050

9,420

1,09,351

29,180

(b) Gold

19,096

4,376

—

—

880

178

–873

–206

130

186

(c) SDRs

20

5

—

—

10

3

–2

—

10

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,382

1,464

188

47

694

153

161

37

515

168

*: 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.