(Rs.crore)
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                                             Outstandings as on March 31/reporting Fridays of the
                                             month/last reporting Friday of the month
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                                             1990-91    1991-92    1992-93    1993-94    1994-95    1995-96     Feb.16,  Mar.1,    Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.   Feb.14,  Feb.28,
                                                                                                                 1996     1996     1996     1996     1996     1997     1997     1997
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1. Net Bank Credit to Government (A+B)        140,193    158,263    176,238    203,918    222,419    257,410    249,182  252,506  277,082  281,012  282,535  283,716  288,715  284,598
   A.RBI's net credit to Government
     (i-ii)                                    88,848     94,016     98,449     99,300    101,478    121,349    116,524  117,852  125,737  126,949  126,081  119,054  127,640  117,614
    (i) Claims on Government (a+b)             90,534     96,098     99,547    101,486    102,451    123,848    116,718  117,917  125,801  127,014  126,143  119,119  127,703  117,682
       (a) Central Government (1)              88,444     94,348     97,621     98,969     99,886    121,267    116,306  117,585  125,079  126,289  125,199  118,166  126,656  116,856
       (b) State Governments                    2,090      1,750      1,926      2,517      2,565      2,581        412      332      722      725      944      953    1,047      826
     (ii) Government deposits with              1,686      2,082      1,098      2,186        973      2,499        194       65       64       65       62       65       63       68
           RBI (a+b)
       (a) Central Government                   1,686      2,082      1,098      2,186        973      2,499        130       51       50       52       50       53       51       54
       (b) State Governments                        -          -          -          -          -          -         64       14       14       13       12       12       12       14
   B.Other Banks' Credit to Government         51,345     64,247     77,789    104,618    120,941    136,061    132,658  134,654  151,345  154,063  156,454  164,662  161,075  166,984

2.  Bank Credit to Commercial Sector(A+B)     171,769    187,993    220,135    237,774    292,723    340,902    331,156  333,000  347,323  347,914  351,750  360,678  360,562  362,218

    A.RBI's credit to commercial sector (2)     6,342      7,260      6,220      6,445      6,593      6,855      6,560    6,484    6,175    6,277    6,274    6,265    6,277    6,228
    B.Other banks' credit to commercial       165,427    180,733    213,915    231,329    286,130    334,047    324,596  326,516  341,148  341,637  345,476  354,413  354,285  355,990
     sector (i+ii+iii)
     (i) Bank credit by commercial banks      116,350    125,649    152,044    164,465    211,606    254,064    244,356  246,114  255,257  256,494  259,411  267,289  266,992  267,929
    (ii) Bank credit by co-operative banks     22,927     26,424     30,809     33,813     41,046     45,212     46,243   46,412   51,201   50,407   51,508   52,500   52,615   53,487
   (iii) Investments by commercial             26,150     28,660     31,062     33,051     33,478     34,771     33,997   33,990   34,690   34,736   34,557   34,624   34,678   34,574
         and co-operative banks in
         other securities
3.  Net Foreign Exchange Assets of
    Banking Sector (A+B)                       10,581     21,226     24,443     54,487     77,785     77,157     77,627   75,289   86,542   88,366   88,451   88,962   87,215   88,035

A.RBI's net foreign exchange assets (i-ii)(3)   7,983     18,838     22,647     51,422     74,720     74,092     74,562   72,224   83,477   85,301   85,386   85,897   84,150   84,970
      (i) Gross foreign assets                 11,217     23,617     30,689     60,081     79,757     74,104     74,574   72,236   83,489   85,312   85,803   85,909   84,162   84,981
     (ii) Foreign liabilities                   3,234      4,779      8,042      8,659      5,037         12         12       12       12       11      417       12       12       11
    B.Other banks' net foreign                  2,598      2,388      1,796      3,065      3,065      3,065      3,065    3,065    3,065    3,065    3,065    3,065    3,065    3,065
      exchange assets
4.  Government's Currency
    Liabilities to the Public                   1,621      1,704      1,824      1,990      2,379      2,386      2,468    2,468    2,843    2,847    2,847    2,847    2,847    2,847

5.  Banking Sector's net Non-monetary
    Liabilities Other than Time Deposits
    (A+B)                                      58,336     52,137     55,815     63,762     63,880     76,019     79,052   77,989   66,652   66,859   67,508   65,536   65,306   59,321

   A.Net non-monetary liabilities of RBI(3)    27,022     27,415     28,246     26,037     29,358     32,301     37,020   34,909   36,088   37,070   36,986   36,772   35,362   34,102
    B.Net non-monetary liabilities of other
      banks(residual)                          31,314     24,722     27,569     37,725     34,522     43,718     42,032   43,080   30,564   29,789   30,522   28,764   29,944   25,219

M3 (1+2+3+4-5)                                265,828    317,049    366,825    434,407    531,426    601,836    581,381  585,274  647,138  653,280  658,075  670,667  674,033  678,377
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