| | | | | | | Variation over | | | | Item | As on Jul. 16, 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 | 5,59,071 | 1,21,106 | 6,303 | 328 | 68,942 | 8,147 | 88,599 | 17,955 | 1,65,720 | 36,039 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,34,358 | 1,15,737 | 6,265 | 332* | 68,143 | 8,289 | 89,126 | 18,120 | 1,62,679 | 35,339 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (b) Gold | 18,655 | 4,057 | — | — | 439 | –141 | –570 | –158 | 1,473 | 359 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (c) SDRs | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | –1 | — | –4 | –1 | –16 | –3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,049 | 1,310 | 37 | –4 | 361 | –1 | 47 | –6 | 1,584 | 344 | * : 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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