Variation over

Item

As on Sep.5, 2003

Week

End-March2003

End-December 2002

Year

Rs.

US$.

Rs.

US$.

Rs.

US$.

Rs.

US$.

Rs.

US$.

Crore

Mn

Crore

Mn

Crore

Mn

Crore

Mn

Crore

Mn

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Total Reserves

4,01,326

87,365

5,741

1,110

43,046

11,937

62,977

16,920

1,00,128

  25,299

of which :

(a)Foreign Currency Assets

3,84,252

83,642

5,423

1,018*

42,776

11,752

62,478

16,648

98,665

24,794

(b)Gold

17,058

3,720

318

92

273

186

516

276

1,495

512

(c) SDRs

16

3

—

—

–3

–1

–17

–4

–32

–7

Memo Item : RTP**

4,410

960

12

1

1,220

288

1,229

298

1,253

309

*

: 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.

**

: Foreign exchange reserves do not include India's Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

RTP may change, from time to time, due to India's transactions under the Financial Transaction Plan with the IMF as well as changes in SDR exchange ratesvis-a-vis rupee and US dollar.