| | | | | | | Variation over | | | | Item | As on Aug. 6, 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 | 5,54,083 | 1,19,336 | 4,681 | 1,017 | 63,954 | 6,377 | 83,611 | 16,185 | 1,58,326 | 33,367 | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,28,921 | 1,13,918 | 4,189 | 951* | 62,706 | 6,470 | 83,689 | 16,301 | 1,54,403 | 32,554 | (b) Gold | 19,150 | 4,123 | 495 | 66 | 934 | –75 | –75 | –92 | 2,410 | 495 | (c) SDRs | 8 | 2 | — | — | –2 | — | –5 | –1 | –17 | –3 | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,004 | 1,293 | –3 | — | 316 | –18 | 2 | –23 | 1,530 | 321 | *: 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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