Variation over

Item

As on Jan. 21, 2005

Week

End-March2004

End-December 2004

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

5,66,552

1,29,429

–647

51

76,423

16,470

–5,126

–1,749

87,602

23,864

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,40,392

1,23,433

–603

59*

74,177

15,985

–5,074

–1,731

86,704

23,414

(b) Gold

19,969

4,582

—

—

1,753

384

—

—

744

367

(c) SDRs

22

5

—

—

12

3

—

—

9

2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,169

1,409

–44

–8

481

98

–52

–18

145

81

*: 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.