Variation over

Item

As on Aug. 13, 2004

Week

End-March2004

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

5,52,066

1,19,322

–2,017

–14

61,937

6,363

81,594

16,171

1,55,396

32,938

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,26,902

1,13,900

–2,019

–18*

60,687

6,452

81,670

16,283

1,51,427

32,115

(b) Gold

19,150

4,123

—

—

934

–75

–75

–92

2,410

495

(c) SDRs

7

1

–1

–1

–3

–1

–6

–2

–1

–1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,007

1,298

3

5

319

–13

5

–18

1,560

329

*: Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation/depreciation ofnon-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.