Variation over

Item

As on Aug. 5, 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

6,20,467

1,42,637

8,989

2,037

1,351

1,123

48,789

11,459

66,384

23,301

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,94,496

1,36,666

9,177

2,079*

1,375

1,095

49,030

11,502

65,575

22,748

(b) Gold

19,116

4,395

–259

–58

–570

–105

–853

–187

–34

272

(c) SDRs

18

4

—

—

–2

–1

–4

–1

10

2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,837

1,572

71

16

548

134

616

145

833

279

*: 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.