| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variation over | | | | Item | As on Apr. 8, 2005 | Week | End-March2005 | 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 | 6,19,146 | 1,41,457 | 1,383 | 253 | 30 | –57 | 47,468 | 10,279 | 1,12,986 | 25,397 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (a) Foreign Currency Assets | 5,93,189 | 1,35,524 | 1,420 | 262* | 68 | –47 | 47,723 | 10,360 | 1,10,926 | 24,964 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (b) Gold | 19,686 | 4,500 | — | — | — | — | –283 | –82 | 1,470 | 302 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (c) SDRs | 20 | 5 | — | — | — | — | –2 | — | 10 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | (d) Reserve Position in the IMF** | 6,251 | 1,428 | –37 | –9 | –38 | –10 | 30 | 1 | 580 | 128 | | | | | | | | | | | | | *: 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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