| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | Item | As on Aug. 13, 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 | 5,52,066 | 1,19,322 | –2,017 | –14 | 61,937 | 6,363 | 81,594 | 16,171 | 1,55,396 | 32,938 | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,26,902 | 1,13,900 | –2,019 | –18* | 60,687 | 6,452 | 81,670 | 16,283 | 1,51,427 | 32,115 | (b) Gold | 19,150 | 4,123 | — | — | 934 | –75 | –75 | –92 | 2,410 | 495 | (c) SDRs | 7 | 1 | –1 | –1 | –3 | –1 | –6 | –2 | –1 | –1 | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,007 | 1,298 | 3 | 5 | 319 | –13 | 5 | –18 | 1,560 | 329 | *: Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation/depreciation ofnon-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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