| | | | | | Variation over | | | | Item | As on May 14, 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 | 5,38,603 | 1,18,628 | 8,579 | 49 | 48,474 | 5,669 | 68,131 | 15,477 | 1,60,518 | 38,438 | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,14,224 | 1,13,165 | 8,578 | 70* | 48,009 | 5,717 | 68,992 | 15,548 | 1,56,761 | 37,335 | (b) Gold | 18,598 | 4,191 | — | — | 382 | –7 | –627 | –24 | 2,550 | 802 | (c) SDRs | 8 | 2 | –2 | — | –2 | — | –5 | –1 | –18 | –4 | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 5,773 | 1,270 | 3 | –21 | 85 | –41 | –229 | –46 | 1,225 | 305 | | | | | | | | | | | | * : 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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