Variation over

Item

As on Aug. 12, 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

6,29,429

1,44,375

8,962

1,738

10,313

2,861

57,751

13,197

77,363

25,053

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,03,965

1,38,524

9,469

1,858*

10,844

2,953

58,499

13,360

77,063

24,624

(b) Gold

19,116

4,395

—

—

–570

–105

–853

–187

–34

272

(c) SDRs

19

4

1

—

–1

–1

–3

–1

12

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,329

1,452

–508

–120

40

14

108

25

322

154

*: 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.