Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 30, 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

6,29,315

1,43,059

989

42

10,199

1,545

57,637

11,881

81,461

23,775

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,02,309

1,36,920

257

–128*

9,188

1,349

56,843

11,756

79,794

23,132

(b) Gold

20,727

4,712

756

177

1,041

212

758

130

1,378

520

(c) SDRs

19

4

—

—

–1

–1

–3

–1

13

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,260

1,423

–24

–7

–29

–15

39

–4

276

120

*: 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.