| | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Jul. 23, 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 | 5,52,580 | 1,19,575 | –6,491 | –1,531 | 62,451 | 6,616 | 82,108 | 16,424 | 1,56,047 | 33,695 | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,27,903 | 1,14,215 | –6,455 | –1,522* | 61,688 | 6,767 | 82,671 | 16,598 | 1,53,084 | 33,015 | | (b) Gold | 18,655 | 4,057 | — | — | 439 | –141 | –570 | –158 | 1,473 | 359 | | (c) SDRs | 8 | 2 | –1 | — | –2 | — | –5 | –1 | –17 | –4 | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,014 | 1,301 | –35 | –9 | 326 | –10 | 12 | –15 | 1,507 | 325 | | * : 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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