Variation over

Item

As on Nov. 19, 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

5,64,703

1,25,098

6,202

1,560

74,574

12,139

94,231

21,947

1,22,149

28,510

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,38,832

1,19,396

6,171

1,551*

72,617

11,948

93,600

21,779

1,19,626

27,946

(b) Gold

19,776

4,351

—

—

1,560

153

551

136

2,008

431

(c) SDRs

22

5

—

—

12

3

9

2

9

2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,073

1,346

31

9

385

35

71

30

506

131

*: 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.