| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | Item | As on Mar. 25, 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 | 6,17,507 | 1,40,907 | –3,436 | –1,223 | 1,27,378 | 27,948 | 45,829 | 9,729 | 1,17,996 | 29,285 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,92,093 | 1,35,089 | –3,362 | –1,202* | 1,25,878 | 27,641 | 46,627 | 9,925 | 1,17,394 | 28,964 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (b) Gold | 19,096 | 4,376 | — | — | 880 | 178 | –873 | –206 | 130 | 186 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (c) SDRs | 20 | 5 | — | — | 10 | 3 | –2 | — | 10 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,298 | 1,437 | –74 | –21 | 610 | 126 | 77 | 10 | 462 | 132 | | | | | | | | | | | | | *: 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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