Variation over

Item

As on Mar. 18, 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

6,20,943

1,42,130

8,929

1,701

1,30,814

29,171

49,265

10,952

1,17,588

30,822

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,95,455

1,36,291

8,939

1,707*

1,29,240

28,843

49,989

11,127

1,17,001

30,485

(b) Gold

19,096

4,376

—

—

880

178

–873

–206

130

186

(c) SDRs

20

5

—

—

10

3

–2

—

10

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,372

1,458

–10

–6

684

147

151

31

447

148

*: 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.