Variation over

Item

As on Apr. 15, 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

6,20,352

1,41,545

1,206

88

1,236

31

48,674

10,367

1,04,449

23,953

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,94,378

1,35,610

1,189

86*

1,257

39

48,912

10,446

1,02,357

23,507

(b) Gold

19,686

4,500

—

—

—

—

–283

–82

1,470

302

(c) SDRs

20

5

—

—

—

—

–2

—

10

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,268

1,430

17

2

–21

–8

47

3

612

141

*: 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.