Variation over

Item

As on Nov. 18, 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

6,50,034

1,42,181

–993

–127

30,918

667

78,356

11,003

85,331

17,083

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,22,066

1,36,000

–969

–123*

28,945

429

76,600

10,836

83,234

16,604

(b) Gold

21,943

4,864

—

—

2,257

364

1,974

282

2,167

513

(c) SDRs

20

4

–1

—

—

–1

–2

–1

–2

–1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,005

1,313

–23

–4

–284

–125

–216

–114

–68

–33

*: 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.