Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 16, 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

6,32,778

1,44,222

–3,787

–1,055

13,662

2,708

61,100

13,044

90,122

25,863

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,06,472

1,38,243

–3,758

–1,047*

13,351

2,672

61,006

13,079

88,963

25,324

(b) Gold

19,971

4,535

—

—

285

35

2

–47

785

395

(c) SDRs

19

4

—

—

–1

–1

–3

–1

13

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,316

1,440

–29

–8

27

2

95

13

361

141

*: 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.