| | | | | | | Variation over | | | | | Item | As on Jun. 25, 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 | 5,47,939 | 1,19,407 | 721 | –525 | 57,810 | 6,448 | 77,467 | 16,256 | 1,62,423 | 36,526 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,23,851 | 1,14,129 | 664 | –530* | 57,636 | 6,681 | 78,619 | 16,512 | 1,60,156 | 35,898 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (b) Gold | 18,104 | 3,974 | — | — | –112 | –224 | –1,121 | –241 | 828 | 301 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (c) SDRs | 8 | 2 | — | — | –2 | — | –5 | –1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 5,976 | 1,302 | 57 | 5 | 288 | –9 | –26 | –14 | 1,437 | 326 |
: 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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