| | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Oct. 1, 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 | 5,47,854 | 1,19,284 | 2,060 | 515 | 57,725 | 6,325 | 77,382 | 16,133 | 1,43,379 | 30,343 | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,22,515 | 1,13,788 | 1,896 | 462* | 56,300 | 6,340 | 77,283 | 16,171 | 1,41,492 | 29,973 | | (b) Gold | 19,349 | 4,192 | 163 | 52 | 1,133 | –6 | 124 | –23 | 1,382 | 273 | | (c) SDRs | 6 | 1 | — | — | –4 | –1 | –7 | –2 | –10 | –3 | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 5,984 | 1,303 | 1 | 1 | 296 | –8 | –18 | –13 | 515 | 100 | | *: Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation/depreciationof 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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