| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | Item | As on Dec. 10, 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 | 5,78,639 | 1,29,697 | 113 | –1,020 | 88,510 | 16,738 | 1,08,167 | 26,546 | 1,22,301 | 29,505 | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,52,051 | 1,23,751 | 107 | –1,010* | 85,836 | 16,303 | 1,06,819 | 26,134 | 1,19,890 | 28,833 | (b) Gold | 20,316 | 4,540 | — | — | 2,100 | 342 | 1,091 | 325 | 1,766 | 502 | (c) SDRs | 22 | 5 | — | — | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,250 | 1,401 | 6 | –10 | 562 | 90 | 248 | 85 | 636 | 168 | *: 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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