Variation over
Item	As on Mar. 19, 2004		Week		End-March2003		End-December 2003		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	4,97,430	1,09,998	1,289	402	1,39,150	34,570	32,960	8,163	1,45,315	36,177
of which :
(a)Foreign Currency Assets	4,78,454	1,05,806	1,289	402*	1,36,978	33,916	33,222	8,189	1,44,117	35,714
(b)Gold	18,966	4,190	—	—	2,181	656	–259	–25	1,207	465
(c) SDRs	10	2	—	—	–9	–2	–3	–1	–9	–2
Memo Item : RTP**	5,925	1,310	58	14	2,735	638	–77	–6	2,765	648

* : 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.

** : Foreign exchange reserves do not include India's Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

RTP may change, from time to time, due to India's transactions under the Financial

Transaction Plan with the IMF as well as changes in SDR exchange ratesvis-a-vis

rupee and US dollar.