(Rs.in crores)
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                                                                                              1996                                            1996                                        1997
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                                                            1990-91    1995-96    1996-97       Mar.         Sep.       Oct.       Nov.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.    Mar.  7    Mar. 14    Mar. 21  Mar. 28
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Issue Department
Liabilities
Notes in circulation                                         53,784    120,073    134,889    120,073      121,099    125,066    128,865    129,597    130,097    132,353    135,069    136,312    135,169  134,889
Notes held in Banking Department                                 23         35         18         35           21         27         25         24         27         24         18         29         22       18
Total liabilities (total notes issued) or assets             53,807    120,107    134,907    120,107      121,121    125,092    128,890    129,620    130,124    132,377    135,087    136,341    135,191  134,907
Assets
Gold coin and bullion                                         6,654     13,751     11,922     13,751       13,277     13,172     13,059     12,984     12,277     11,922     11,922     11,922     11,922   11,922
Foreign securities                                              200     10,200     25,200     10,200       15,200     15,200     15,200     20,200     20,200     25,200     25,200     25,200     25,200   25,200
Rupee coin (1)                                                   29        115        144        115           41        110         67        141        105         73         65         58         49      144
Government of India rupee securities                         46,924     96,041     97,640     96,041       92,603     96,610    100,565     96,295     97,542     95,182     97,900     99,161     98,019   97,640
Banking Department
Liabilities
Deposits                                                     38,542     58,307     57,336     58,307       62,089     63,404     59,492     59,058     52,348     50,882     55,343     56,293     58,635   57,336
Central Government                                               61         54         53         54           51         50         50         55         53         54         54         60         54       53
State Governments                                                33         18         44         18           15         14         14         12         13         14        127          9         15       44
Scheduled Commercial Banks                                   33,484     50,667     49,847     50,667       52,605     52,233     53,448     52,836     44,579     43,891     49,765     48,594     52,610   49,847
Scheduled State Co-operative Banks                              244        705      1,095        705          779      1,085        468        434        594        756        479      1,323        511    1,095
Non-Scheduled State Co-operative Banks                           13         25         57         25           21        116         20         32        136         80         22         32         33       57
Other banks                                                      88        600        838        600          782        898        740        732        775        824        736        803        742      838
Others                                                        4,619      6,238      5,402      6,238        7,836      9,008      4,752      4,957      6,198      5,263      4,160      5,472      4,670    5,402
Other liabilities (2)                                        28,342     39,176     38,774     39,176       38,139     37,752     38,627     39,161     39,844     38,078     38,040     38,119     38,374   38,774
Total liabilities or assets                                  66,884     97,481     96,112     97,481      100,228    101,155     98,119     98,219     92,191     88,960     93,384     94,411     97,008   96,112

Assets
Notes and coins                                                  23         35         19         35           22         27         25         24         28         24         18         29         22       19
Balances held abroad (3)                                      4,008     43,623     44,350     43,623       44,172     45,835     47,890     44,332     43,687     37,922     38,883     40,623     42,321   44,350
Loans and Advances
Central Government                                                -          -          -          -            -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -        -
State Governments (4)                                           916        305      1,144        305          358        722        600        801        953        826      1,628      1,812        946    1,144
Scheduled Commercial Banks                                    8,169      4,847        560      4,847        1,823      1,627          1      1,788        508        591          -        382          -      560
State Co-operative Banks                                         38          1          -          1            2         12         12          2          4          2          2          2          2        -
Industrial Development Bank of India                          3,705      2,809      2,563      2,809        2,563      2,563      2,563      2,563      2,563      2,563      2,563      2,563      2,563    2,563
NABARD                                                        3,328      4,629      4,605      4,629        4,438      4,540      4,462      4,745      4,499      4,939      5,036      4,552      4,825    4,605
EXIM BANK                                                       745        877        877        877          877        877        877        877        877        877        877        877        877      877
Others                                                        1,615      2,256      2,214      2,256        2,135      2,114      2,236      2,229      2,204      2,169      2,167      2,169      2,243    2,214
Bills Purchased and Discounted
Internal                                                          -          -                     -
Government Treasury Bills                                     1,384        772      7,846        772        6,599      4,394      3,646      7,328      7,607      7,678      8,038      7,015      8,064    7,846
Investments                                                  40,286     29,173     23,590     29,173       32,001     32,742     30,057     27,355     22,329     23,603     26,995     26,865     27,350   23,590
Other Assets (5)                                              2,666      8,153      8,345      8,153        5,240      5,701      5,751      6,176      6,932      7,768      7,177      7,524      7,796    8,345
                                                                (-)    (2,713)    (2,352)    (2,713)      (2,619)    (2,598)    (2,576)    (2,561)    (2,422)    (2,352)    (2,352)    (2,352)    (2,352)  (2,352)
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