Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 23, 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

6,28,326

1,43,017

–4,452

–1,205

9,210

1,503

56,648

11,839

82,532

24,248

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,02,052

1,37,048

–4,420

–1,195*

8,931

1,477

56,586

11,884

81,433

23,722

(b) Gold

19,971

4,535

—

—

285

35

2

–47

785

395

(c) SDRs

19

4

—

—

–1

–1

–3

–1

13

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,284

1,430

–32

–10

–5

–8

63

3

301

128

*: 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.