Variation over

Item

As on May 13, 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

6,08,877

1,40,174

–5,782

–1,301

–10,239

–1,340

37,199

8,996

70,274

21,546

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,83,201

1,34,285

–5,777

–1,299*

–9,920

–1,286

37,735

9,121

68,977

21,120

(b) Gold

19,393

4,443

—

—

–293

–57

–576

–139

795

252

(c) SDRs

19

4

–1

–1

–1

–1

–3

–1

11

2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,264

1,442

–4

–1

–25

4

43

15

491

172

*: 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.