Variation over

Item

As on Mar. 25, 2005

Week

End-March2004

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

6,17,507

1,40,907

–3,436

–1,223

1,27,378

27,948

45,829

9,729

1,17,996

29,285

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,92,093

1,35,089

–3,362

–1,202*

1,25,878

27,641

46,627

9,925

1,17,394

28,964

(b) Gold

19,096

4,376

—

—

880

178

–873

–206

130

186

(c) SDRs

20

5

—

—

10

3

–2

—

10

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,298

1,437

–74

–21

610

126

77

10

462

132

*: 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.