Foreign Exchange Reserves

RbiAnnouncementWeb

Date: May 28, 2005


						Variation over
*Item*	As on May 20, 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	6,07,562	1,39,654	–1,315	–520	–11,554	–1,860	35,884	8,476	70,478	21,082
(a) Foreign Currency Assets	5,81,887	1,33,767	–1,314	–518*	–11,234	–1,804	36,421	8,603	69,246	20,676
(b) Gold	19,393	4,443	—	—	–293	–57	–576	–139	795	252
(c) SDRs	19	4	—	—	–1	–1	–3	–1	11	2
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**	6,263	1,440	–1	–2	–26	2	42	13	426	152
: 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.