Foreign Exchange Reserves

RbiAnnouncementWeb

Date: July 23, 2005

						Variation over
*Item*	As on Jul. 15, 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	5,98,660	1,37,561	1,421	662	–20,456	–3,953	26,982	6,383	39,589	16,455

(a) Foreign Currency Assets	5,72,492	1,31,547	1,388	650*	–20,629	–4,024	27,026	6,383	38,134	15,810

(b) Gold	19,375	4,453	—	—	–311	–47	–594	–129	720	396

(c) SDRs	18	4	—	—	–2	–1	–4	–1	9	2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**	6,775	1,557	33	12	486	119	554	130	726	247
: 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.