| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | Item | As on Feb. 11, 2005 | Week | End-March2004 | End-December 2004 | 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 | 5,69,139 | 1,29,980 | 8,653 | 1,066 | 79,010 | 17,021 | –2,539 | –1,198 | 76,501 | 21,138 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,43,769 | 1,24,177 | 8,621 | 1,070* | 77,554 | 16,729 | –1,697 | –987 | 76,620 | 20,962 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (b) Gold | 19,181 | 4,390 | — | — | 965 | 192 | –788 | –192 | –251 | 101 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (c) SDRs | 45 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 35 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 34 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,144 | 1,403 | 8 | –9 | 456 | 92 | –77 | –24 | 98 | 67 | | | | | | | | | | | | | *: 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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