| | | | | | | Variation | over | | | | | Item | As on Nov. | 5, 2004 | Week | | End-March | 2004 | 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 | 5,51,384 | 1,22,224 | 336 | 1,046 | 61,255 | 9,265 | 80,912 | 19,073 | 1,23,812 | 27,819 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,25,563 | 1,16,533 | –69 | 882* | 59,348 | 9,085 | 80,331 | 18,916 | 1,21,181 | 27,246 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (b) Gold | 19,776 | 4,351 | 427 | 159 | 1,560 | 153 | 551 | 136 | 2,008 | 431 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (c) SDRs | 24 | 5 | — | — | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,021 | 1,335 | –22 | 5 | 333 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 615 | 141 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| * : 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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