Variation over

Item

As on Feb. 18, 2005

Week

End-March2004

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

5,82,828

1,32,959

13,689

2,979

92,699

20,000

11,150

1,781

89,371

23,960

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,57,436

1,27,152

13,667

2,975*

91,221

19,704

11,970

1,988

89,415

23,768

(b) Gold

19,181

4,390

—

—

965

192

–788

–192

–251

101

(c) SDRs

20

5

–25

–5

10

3

–2

—

9

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,191

1,412

47

9

503

101

–30

–15

198

88

** : 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.