Variation over

Item

As on Aug. 19, 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

6,24,109

1,43,218

–5,320

–1,157

4,993

1,704

52,431

12,040

73,000

24,326

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,98,716

1,37,383

–5,249

–1,141*

5,595

1,812

53,250

12,219

72,822

23,922

(b) Gold

19,116

4,395

—

—

–570

–105

–853

–187

–34

272

(c) SDRs

19

4

—

—

–1

–1

–3

–1

12

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,258

1,436

–71

–16

–31

–2

37

9

200

129

*: 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.