Variation over
Item	As on Mar. 12, 2004		Week		End-March2003		End-December 2003		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	4,96,141	1,09,596	1,681	464	1,37,861	34,168	31,671	7,761	1,43,841	35,678
of which :
(a)Foreign Currency Assets	4,77,165	1,05,404	1,681	464*	1,35,689	33,514	31,933	7,787	1,42,643	35,215
(b)Gold	18,966	4,190	—	—	2,181	656	–259	–25	1,207	465
(c) SDRs	10	2	—	—	–9	–2	–3	–1	–9	–2
Memo Item : RTP**	5,867	1,296	–10	–1	2,677	624	–135	–20	2,676	626

* : 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

rates vis-a-vis rupee and US dollar.