Variation over

Item

As on Jul. 22, 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

5,96,830

1,37,538

–1,830

–23

–22,286

–3,976

25,152

6,360

44,250

17,963

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,70,669

1,31,521

–1,823

–26*

–22,452

–4,050

25,203

6,357

42,766

17,306

(b) Gold

19,375

4,453

—

—

–311

–47

–594

–129

720

396

(c) SDRs

18

4

—

—

–2

–1

–4

–1

10

2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,768

1,560

–7

3

479

122

547

133

754

259

*: 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.