Variation over

Item

As on Apr. 1, 2005

Week

End-March2005

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

6,17,763

1,41,204

256

297

–1,353

–310

46,085

10,026

1,24,678

28,514

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,91,769

1,35,262

–324

173*

–1,352

–309

46,303

10,098

1,22,665

28,087

(b) Gold

19,686

4,500

590

124

—

—

–283

–82

1,470

302

(c) SDRs

20

5

—

—

—

—

–2

—

10

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,288

1,437

–10

—

–1

–1

67

10

533

122

*: 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.