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March 31/Reporting     Notes in       Circulation of    Cash on    Total      Demand     `Other'    Total         M1     March 31/            Post Office   M2      Time          M3      Total post    M4
Fridays of the month/  circula-   --------------------  hand with  (2+3+4-5)  deposits   deposits   (7+8)        (6+9)   Reporting Friday     savings ban (10+11)   deposits    (10+13)   office      (14+15)
Last reporting         tion (1)   rupee      Small      banks                 with       with                            of the month/        deposits              with banks            deposits
Friday of the month               coins(2)   coins(2)                         banks      Reserve                         Last reporting
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1990-91                  53,661        936        685      2,234     53,048     39,170        674     39,844     92,892  1990-91                 4,205     97,097    172,936    265,828     14,681    280,509
1991-92                  62,034        975        729      2,640     61,098     52,423        885     53,308    114,406  1991-92                 4,620    119,026    202,643    317,049     20,141    337,190
1992-93                  69,502      1,044        780      3,053     68,273     54,480      1,313     55,793    124,066  1992-93                 4,824    128,890    242,759    366,825     21,589    388,414
1993-94                  83,405      1,161        829      3,094     82,301     65,952      2,525     68,477    150,778  1993-94                 5,116    155,894    283,629    434,407     24,029    458,436
1994-95                 102,302      1,498        881      4,000    100,681     88,193      3,383     91,576    192,257  1994-95                 5,041    197,298    339,169    531,426     25,969    557,395
1995-96                 120,066      1,563        940      4,311    118,258     93,233      3,344     96,577    214,835  1995-96                 5,041    219,876    389,172    604,007     25,969    629,976
1996-97                 134,299      1,942        991      4,799    132,433    104,924      3,238    108,162    240,595  1996-97                 5,041    245,636    459,588    700,183     25,969    726,152
August 30,1996          122,400      1,812        961      4,925    120,248     87,902      5,731     93,633    213,881  August 30,1996          5,041    218,922    416,678    630,559     25,969    656,528
September 13,1996       124,938      1,812        961      3,909    123,802     86,503      5,877     92,380    216,182  September 13,1996       5,041    221,223    418,066    634,248     25,969    660,217
September 27,1996       121,099      1,842        974      4,141    119,774     92,211      6,009     98,220    217,994  September 27,1996       5,041    223,035    426,168    644,162     25,969    670,131

May 1997                145,609      1,916      1,001      4,823    143,703     97,491      3,454    100,945    244,648  May 1997                5,041    249,689    474,754    719,402     25,969    745,371
June 1997               146,345      1,916      1,006      4,880    144,387    100,736      5,198    105,934    250,321  June 1997               5,041    255,362    479,176    729,497     25,969    755,466
July 1997               144,818      1,916      1,006      5,056    142,684     99,245      5,448    104,693    247,377  July 1997               5,041    252,418    484,458    731,835     25,969    757,804
August 29,1997          139,141      1,916      1,006      5,041    137,022     99,007      4,123    103,130    240,152  August 29,1997          5,041    245,193    492,371    732,523     25,969    758,492
September 12,1997       141,532      1,916      1,006      5,009    139,445     99,191      3,932    103,123    242,568  September 12,1997       5,041    247,609    495,936    738,504     25,969    764,473
September 26,1997       136,811      1,916      1,006      5,080    134,653    103,669      4,135    107,804    242,457  September 26,1997       5,041    247,498    502,261    744,718     25,969    770,687
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