| | | | Variation over | Item | As on Aug. 27, 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 | 5,44,301 | 1,17,522 | –6,808 | –1,370 | 54,172 | 4,563 | 73,829 | 14,371 | 1,44,318 | 30,308 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,19,139 | 1,12,101 | –6,755 | –1,360* | 52,924 | 4,653 | 73,907 | 14,484 | 1,40,310 | 29,477 | (b) Gold | 19,150 | 4,123 | — | — | 934 | –75 | –75 | –92 | 2,410 | 495 | (c) SDRs | 7 | 1 | — | — | –3 | –1 | –6 | –2 | –9 | –2 | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,005 | 1,297 | –53 | –10 | 317 | –14 | 3 | –19 | 1,607 | 338 | * : 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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