Variation over

Item

As on Jun. 10, 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

6,03,477

1,38,526

–1,928

–135

–15,639

–2,988

31,799

7,348

65,167

19,181

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,77,463

1,32,567

–2,034

–163*

–15,658

–3,004

31,997

7,403

63,114

18,495

(b) Gold

19,119

4,376

—

—

–567

–124

–850

–206

1,015

402

(c) SDRs

19

4

—

—

–1

–1

–3

–1

11

2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,876

1,579

106

28

587

141

655

152

1,027

282

*: 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.