Variation over

Item

As on Aug. 27, 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

5,44,301

1,17,522

–6,808

–1,370

54,172

4,563

73,829

14,371

1,44,318

30,308

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,19,139

1,12,101

–6,755

–1,360*

52,924

4,653

73,907

14,484

1,40,310

29,477

(b) Gold

19,150

4,123

—

—

934

–75

–75

–92

2,410

495

(c) SDRs

7

1

—

—

–3

–1

–6

–2

–9

–2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,005

1,297

–53

–10

317

–14

3

–19

1,607

338

* : 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.