Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 9, 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

6,36,565

1,45,277

–3,191

–278

17,449

3,763

64,887

14,099

89,366

27,022

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,10,230

1,39,290

–3,131

–269*

17,109

3,719

64,764

14,126

88,232

26,474

(b) Gold

19,971

4,535

—

—

285

35

2

–47

785

395

(c) SDRs

19

4

–1

—

–1

–1

–3

–1

12

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,345

1,448

–59

–9

56

10

124

21

337

150

*: 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.