| | | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Oct. 15, 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 | 5,48,776 | 1,19,636 | 1,868 | 332 | 58,647 | 6,677 | 78,304 | 16,485 | 1,29,023 | 27,120 | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,23,424 | 1,14,135 | 1,837 | 326* | 57,209 | 6,687 | 78,192 | 16,518 | 1,27,101 | 26,743 | | (b) Gold | 19,349 | 4,192 | — | — | 1,133 | –6 | 124 | –23 | 1,382 | 273 | | (c) SDRs | 6 | 1 | — | — | –4 | –1 | –7 | –2 | –10 | –3 | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 5,997 | 1,308 | 31 | 6 | 309 | –3 | –5 | –8 | 550 | 107 | *: 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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