Variation over

Item

As on Mar. 4, 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

6,01,239

1,37,559

8,549

1,901

1,11,110

24,600

29,561

6,381

1,00,902

27,130

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,75,929

1,31,761

8,640

1,917*

1,09,714

24,313

30,463

6,597

1,00,445

26,821

(b) Gold

19,096

4,376

–85

–14

880

178

–873

–206

130

186

(c) SDRs

20

5

—

—

10

3

–2

—

10

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,194

1,417

–6

–2

506

106

–27

–10

317

120

*: 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.