Variation over

Item

As on Oct. 15, 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

5,48,776

1,19,636

1,868

332

58,647

6,677

78,304

16,485

1,29,023

27,120

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,23,424

1,14,135

1,837

326*

57,209

6,687

78,192

16,518

1,27,101

26,743

(b) Gold

19,349

4,192

—

—

1,133

–6

124

–23

1,382

273

(c) SDRs

6

1

—

—

–4

–1

–7

–2

–10

–3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

5,997

1,308

31

6

309

–3

–5

–8

550

107

**: 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.