| | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Jun. 18, 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 | 5,47,218 | 1,19,932 | 8,908 | 587 | 57,089 | 6,973 | 76,746 | 16,781 | 1,60,257 | 36,825 | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,23,187 | 1,14,659 | 8,838 | 587* | 56,972 | 7,211 | 77,955 | 17,042 | 1,58,101 | 36,213 | | (b) Gold | 18,104 | 3,974 | — | — | –112 | –224 | –1,121 | –241 | 828 | 301 | | (c) SDRs | 8 | 2 | — | — | –2 | — | –5 | –1 | 2 | 1 | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 5,919 | 1,297 | 70 | — | 231 | –14 | –83 | –19 | 1,326 | 310 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * : 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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