Variation over

Item

As on Apr. 22, 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

6,23,633

1,42,546

3,281

1,001

4,517

1,032

51,955

11,368

1,03,398

24,667

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,97,601

1,36,595

3,223

985*

4,480

1,024

52,135

11,431

1,01,268

24,201

(b) Gold

19,686

4,500

—

—

—

—

–283

–82

1,470

302

(c) SDRs

20

5

—

—

—

—

–2

—

10

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,326

1,446

58

16

37

8

105

19

650

161

*: 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.