2. Foreign Exchange Reserves

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تاريخ: يوليو 24, 2004

						Variation over
*Item*	As on Jul. 16, 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	5,59,071	1,21,106	6,303	328	68,942	8,147	88,599	17,955	1,65,720	36,039

(a) Foreign Currency Assets	5,34,358	1,15,737	6,265	332*	68,143	8,289	89,126	18,120	1,62,679	35,339

(b) Gold	18,655	4,057	—	—	439	–141	–570	–158	1,473	359

(c) SDRs	9	2	1	—	–1	—	–4	–1	–16	–3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**	6,049	1,310	37	–4	361	–1	47	–6	1,584	344
* : 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.