| | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Apr. 9, 2004 | Week | End-March2004 | End-December 2003 | 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 | 5,06,160 | 1,16,060 | 13,075 | 3,370 | 16,031 | 3,101 | 35,688 | 12,909 | 1,43,835 | 39,642 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 4,82,263 | 1,10,560 | 13,159 | 3,385* | 16,048 | 3,112 | 37,031 | 12,943 | 1,39,903 | 38,347 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (b) Gold | 18,216 | 4,198 | — | — | — | — | –1,009 | –17 | 1,431 | 664 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (c) SDRs | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | –3 | –1 | –9 | –2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 5,671 | 1,300 | –84 | –15 | –17 | –11 | –331 | –16 | 2,510 | 633 | * : 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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