| | | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Sep. 17, 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 | 5,42,656 | 1,18,359 | –4,543 | 104 | 52,527 | 5,400 | 72,184 | 15,208 | 1,30,540 | 28,625 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,17,509 | 1,12,919 | –4,489 | 103* | 51,294 | 5,471 | 72,277 | 15,302 | 1,27,876 | 28,087 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (b) Gold | 19,186 | 4,140 | — | — | 970 | –58 | –39 | –75 | 2,128 | 420 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (c) SDRs | 6 | 1 | –1 | — | –4 | –1 | –7 | –2 | –10 | –3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 5,955 | 1,299 | –53 | 1 | 267 | –12 | –47 | –17 | 546 | 121 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | *: 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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