Variation over

Item

As on Dec. 24, 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

5,74,404

1,31,015

–1,045

394

84,275

18,056

1,03,932

27,864

1,09,814

29,119

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,47,841

1,25,049

–1,064

383*

81,626

17,601

1,02,609

27,432

1,07,768

28,500

(b) Gold

20,316

4,540

—

—

2,100

342

1,091

325

1,766

502

(c) SDRs

22

5

—

—

12

3

9

2

9

2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,225

1,421

19

11

537

110

223

105

271

115

**: 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.