Variation over

Item

As on Jun. 3, 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

6,05,405

1,38,661

–3,190

–1,168

–13,711

–2,853

33,727

7,483

64,437

18,983

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,79,497

1,32,730

–3,444

–1,218*

–13,624

–2,841

34,031

7,566

62,511

18,327

(b) Gold

19,119

4,376

–274

–67

–567

–124

–850

–206

1,015

402

(c) SDRs

19

4

—

—

–1

–1

–3

–1

11

2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,770

1,551

528

117

481

113

549

124

900

252

*: 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.