| | | | | | | Variation over | | | | Item | As on Jul. 9, 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 | 5,52,768 | 1,20,778 | 886 | 700 | 62,639 | 7,819 | 82,296 | 17,627 | 1,64,007 | 36,547 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,28,093 | 1,15,405 | 851 | 687* | 61,878 | 7,957 | 82,861 | 17,788 | 1,61,014 | 35,847 | (b) Gold | 18,655 | 4,057 | — | — | 439 | –141 | –570 | –158 | 1,473 | 359 | (c) SDRs | 8 | 2 | — | — | –2 | — | –5 | –1 | 2 | 1 | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,012 | 1,314 | 35 | 13 | 324 | 3 | 10 | –2 | 1,518 | 340 | | | | | | | | | | | | | * : 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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