Variation over

Item

As on Oct. 8, 2004

Week

End-March2004

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

5,46,908

1,19,304

–946

20

56,779

6,345

76,436

16,153

1,31,219

27,742

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,21,587

1,13,809

–928

21*

55,372

6,361

76,355

16,192

1,29,369

27,379

(b) Gold

19,349

4,192

—

—

1,133

–6

124

–23

1,382

273

(c) SDRs

6

1

—

—

–4

–1

–7

–2

–11

–3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

5,966

1,302

–18

–1

278

–9

–36

–14

479

93

*: 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.