Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 3, 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

5,44,622

1,17,576

321

54

54,493

4,617

74,150

14,425

1,38,886

29,251

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,19,413

1,12,136

274

35*

53,198

4,688

74,181

14,519

1,35,161

28,494

(b) Gold

19,186

4,140

36

17

970

–58

–39

–75

2,128

420

(c) SDRs

7

1

—

—

–3

–1

–6

–2

–9

–2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,016

1,299

11

2

328

–12

14

–17

1,606

339

* : 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.