Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 10, 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

5,47,199

1,18,255

2,577

679

57,070

5,296

76,727

15,104

1,39,619

29,231

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,21,998

1,12,816

2,585

680*

55,783

5,368

76,766

15,199

1,36,840

28,684

(b) Gold

19,186

4,140

—

—

970

–58

–39

–75

2,128

420

(c) SDRs

7

1

—

—

–3

–1

–6

–2

–9

–3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,008

1,298

–8

–1

320

–13

6

–18

660

130

*: 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.