Variation over

Item

As on Apr. 8, 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

6,19,146

1,41,457

1,383

253

30

–57

47,468

10,279

1,12,986

25,397

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,93,189

1,35,524

1,420

262*

68

–47

47,723

10,360

1,10,926

24,964

(b) Gold

19,686

4,500

—

—

—

—

–283

–82

1,470

302

(c) SDRs

20

5

—

—

—

—

–2

—

10

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,251

1,428

–37

–9

–38

–10

30

1

580

128

*: 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.