Variation over

Item

As on Apr. 29, 2005

Week

End-March2005

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

6,19,429

1,41,898

–4,204

–648

313

384

47,751

10,720

93,688

23,408

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,93,423

1,35,950

–4,178

–645*

302

379

47,957

10,786

91,994

22,939

(b) Gold

19,686

4,500

—

—

—

—

–283

–82

1,088

309

(c) SDRs

20

5

—

—

—

—

–2

—

10

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,300

1,443

–26

–3

11

5

79

16

596

157

*: 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.