Variation over

Item

As on Nov. 25, 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

6,50,567

1,42,177

533

–4

31,451

663

78,889

10,999

78,848

15,254

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,22,604

1,35,999

538

–1*

29,483

428

77,138

10,835

76,803

14,791

(b) Gold

21,943

4,864

—

—

2,257

364

1,974

282

2,167

513

(c) SDRs

21

4

1

—

1

–1

–1

–1

–1

–1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

5,999

1,310

–6

–3

–290

–128

–222

–117

–121

–49

*: 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.