| | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Jul. 30, 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 | 5,49,402 | 1,18,319 | –3,178 | –1,256 | 59,273 | 5,360 | 78,930 | 15,168 | 1,53,982 | 32,655 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,24,732 | 1,12,967 | –3,171 | –1,248* | 58,517 | 5,519 | 79,500 | 15,350 | 1,50,528 | 31,900 | | (b) Gold | 18,655 | 4,057 | — | — | 439 | –141 | –570 | –158 | 1,915 | 429 | | (c) SDRs | 8 | 2 | — | — | –2 | — | –5 | –1 | –17 | –3 | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,007 | 1,293 | –7 | –8 | 319 | –18 | 5 | –23 | 1,556 | 329 |
* : 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.
|