| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | Item | As on Oct. 22, 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 | 5,52,225 | 1,20,616 | 3,449 | 980 | 62,096 | 7,657 | 81,753 | 17,465 | 1,29,998 | 27,515 | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,26,819 | 1,15,101 | 3,395 | 966* | 60,604 | 7,653 | 81,587 | 17,484 | 1,28,055 | 27,132 | (b) Gold | 19,349 | 4,192 | — | — | 1,133 | –6 | 124 | –23 | 1,382 | 273 | (c) SDRs | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | –3 | –1 | –6 | –2 | –10 | –3 | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,050 | 1,322 | 53 | 14 | 362 | 11 | 48 | 6 | 571 | 113 | *: 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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