| | | | | | | Variation over | | | | Item | As on May 21, 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 | 5,37,084 | 1,18,572 | –1,519 | –56 | 46,955 | 5,613 | 66,612 | 15,421 | 1,54,297 | 37,054 | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,12,641 | 1,13,091 | –1,583 | –74* | 46,426 | 5,643 | 67,409 | 15,474 | 1,49,203 | 35,665 | (b) Gold | 18,598 | 4,191 | — | — | 382 | –7 | –627 | –24 | 2,550 | 802 | (c) SDRs | 8 | 2 | — | — | –2 | — | –5 | –1 | 2 | 1 | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 5,837 | 1,288 | 64 | 18 | 149 | –23 | –165 | –28 | 2,542 | 586 | * : 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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