Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 24, 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

5,45,794

1,18,769

3,138

410

55,665

5,810

75,322

15,618

1,30,591

28,250

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,20,619

1,13,326

3,110

407*

54,404

5,878

75,387

15,709

1,27,957

27,723

(b) Gold

19,186

4,140

—

—

970

–58

–39

–75

2,128

420

(c) SDRs

6

1

—

—

–4

–1

–7

–2

–10

–3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

5,983

1,302

28

3

295

–9

–19

–14

516

110

*: 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.