The Reserve Bank of India has launched the 63rd round of its Order Books, Inventories and Capacity Utilisation Survey (OBICUS). The survey is for the reference period July - September 2023 (Q2:2023-24).

The Reserve Bank has been conducting the Order Books, Inventories and Capacity Utilisation Survey (OBICUS) of the manufacturing sector on a quarterly basis since 2008. The information collected in the survey includes quantitative data on new orders received during the reference quarter, backlog of orders at the beginning of the quarter, pending orders at the end of the quarter, total inventories with a breakup between finished goods (FG), work-in-progress (WiP) and raw material (RM) inventories at the end of the quarter, item-wise production in terms of quantity and value during the quarter vis-à-vis the installed capacity from the targeted group and the reasons for changes in production / installed capacity during the quarter. The level of capacity utilisation (CU) is estimated from these responses. The survey provides valuable input for monetary policy formulation. The survey findings are released on the website of the Bank regularly.

During this quarter, selected manufacturing companies will be approached by the Bank. Other manufacturing companies may also participate in the survey by downloading the survey questionnaire from the Reserve Bank’s website https://www.rbi.org.in. The survey questionnaire is placed under the head ‘Forms’ (available under the ‘More Links’ at the bottom of the home page) and sub-head ‘Survey’. The duly authenticated filled-in survey schedule may be e-mailed as per contact details provided in the survey schedule.

Company level data are treated as confidential and never disclosed.

In case of any query/clarification, kindly contact us at the following address:

The Director,
Division of Enterprise Surveys,
Department of Statistics and Information Management,
Reserve Bank of India,
C-8, 2nd floor, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East),
Mumbai - 400051,
Phone - 022-26578235/279;
Please click here to send email.

Ajit Prasad           
Director (Communications)

Press Release: 2023-2024/1055

The Reserve Bank of India today released on its website the results of the following Surveys: Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS) – September 2023 Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) – September 2023 OBICUS Survey on manufacturing sector – Q1:2023-24 Industrial Outlook Survey of the Manufacturing Sector for Q2:2023-24 Survey of Professional Forecasters on Macroeconomic Indicators – Round1 84rd

Bank Lending Survey for Q2:2023-24

Services and Infrastructure Outlook Survey for Q2:2023-24

The Survey results are based on the feedback received from the respondents to the Surveys and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Reserve Bank of India.

Ajit Prasad            
Director (Communications)

Press Release: 2023-2024/1070

1 The survey results reflect the respondents’ views, which are not necessarily shared by the Reserve Bank. Results of the previous survey round were released on the Bank’s website on August 10, 2023.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item20222023Variation Sep. 30Sep. 22Sep. 29WeekYear 12345 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government00000 4.2 State Governments56111348011606-18745995 * Data are provisional. 2. Foreign Exchange Reserves* ItemAs on September 29, 2023Variation over WeekEnd-March 2023Year ₹ Cr.US$ Mn.₹ Cr.US$ Mn.₹ Cr.US$ Mn.₹ Cr.US$ Mn. 12345678 1 Total Reserves4882783586908-15553 3794128519845854879654244 1.1 Foreign Currency Assets #4328124520236-11803-31271389921054548124247429

1.2 Gold36382443731-3586-576-7676-1469578606126

1.3 SDRs14924317939-123-74-1921-4537456512

1.4 Reserve Position in the IMF415935002-40-18-876-1642238176

* Difference, if any, is due to rounding off.
# Excludes (a) SDR holdings of the Reserve Bank, as they are included under the SDR holdings; (b) investment in bonds issued by IIFC (UK); and (c) amounts lent under the SAARC Currency swap arrangements.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs)ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 23-Sep-2208-SEP-2023*22-SEP-2023*23-Sep-2208-SEP-2023*22-SEP-2023* ILIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks.185703.85253481.66243807.14188640.83255860.31246146.77** b) Borrowings from banks57304.07188137.54195119.257338.07188207.97195203.11 c) Other demand & time liabilities46955.9469409.9270309.947474.3870117.3770375.59 IILIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposits (other than from banks)17031994.6219383942.24 (19240124.52)19275841.49 (19133844.78)17454902.1919823692.2 (19679874.48)19714798.74 (19572802.03) i) Demand1981190.632194425.232199832.662025927.792239958.522245091.87 ii) Time15050803.9917189516.9417076008.9115428974.417583733.6117469706.95 b) Borrowings @531878.55845916.87839112.11537170.08850211.62843305.51 c) Other demand & time liabilities691762.8873173.15878564.56704631.55887113.13892521.09

IIIBORROWINGS FROM R.B.I. (B)103965.1628186.49187948103965.1628186.49187948

 Against usance bills and / or prom. Notes      

IVCASH110168.299284.0194141.33113183.09101609.3696589.85

VBALANCES WITH R.B.I. (B)767170.74992545.97959345.47785714.11012625.98979142.3

VIASSETS WITH BANKING SYSTEM      

 a) Balances with other banks      

 i) In current accounts23252.839952.278640.9626501.5312651.0411236.59

 ii) In other accounts164333.92175229.57173116.9201290.04213521.24211610.32

 b) Money at call & short notice13576.4325533.6522686.3632417.0341662.6139873.78

 c) Advances to banks (i.e. due from bks.)41529.6147364.6246799.9641977.5148185.5747554.86 £

 d) Other assets55090.892373.7993496.5358659.2395276.2496272.91

VIIINVESTMENTS (At book value)5075621.985982861.04
(5869994.88)5981356.32
(5868391.34)5222891.356131108.26
(6018242.10)6128399.57
(6015434.59)

 a) Central & State Govt. securities+5074818.55982086.135980660.085216388.956124176.686121397.24

 b) Other approved securities803.49774.9696.246502.396931.587002.33

VIIIBANK CREDIT (Excluding Inter-Bank Advances)12629874.7915039168.68
(14444840.83)15151318.89
(14558878.43)13007886.5915433148.27
(14838820.42)15534392.74
(14941952.28)

 a) Loans, cash credits & Overdrafts $12393420.7314783209.9514891524.7712768531.5815174352.4915271834.61

 b) Inland Bills purchased35836.6944672.7444986.0735854.3844686.7845000.2

 c) Inland Bills discounted155850.37170730.78174846.68157963.74172894.78176948.51

 d) Foreign Bills purchased16882.6616713.9316500.4417061.8916943.0416735.29

 e) Foreign Bills discounted27884.3323841.2523460.9628475.0124271.1623874.16

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended September 29, 2023 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended September 22, 2023.

Ajit Prasad            
Director (Communications)

Press Release: 2023-2024/1042

The value of exports and imports of services during August 2023 is given in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ Million) MonthReceipts (Exports)Payments (Imports) April – 202325,781 (7.2)13,959 (-0.7) May – 202326,997 (7.4)15,881 (4.5) June – 202327,796 (3.3)15,609 (-1.0) July – 202326,228 (8.1)13,754 (-2.2) August – 202328,719 (8.4)15,103 (-0.8)

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on External Commercial Borrowings (ECB), Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB) and Rupee Denominated Bonds (RDB) both, through Automatic Route and Approval Route, for the month of August 2023.

Ajit Prasad            
Director (Communications)

Press Release: 2023-2024/1037

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item20222023 Variation Sep. 23Sep. 15Sep. 22 Week Year 12345 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 00000 4.2 State Governments 65151693913480-34596965 * Data are provisional. 2. Foreign Exchange Reserves* ItemAs on September 22, 2023Variation over WeekEnd-March 2023 Year

Today, the Reserve Bank released data relating to India’s International Investment Position for end-June 2023[1]. Key Features of India’s IIP in end-June 2023: Net claims of non-residents on India increased by US$ 12.1 billion during Q1:2023-24 and stood at US$ 379.7 billion as at end-June 2023.The rise in net claims of non-residents during the quarter was on account of higher rise in foreign-owned financial assets in India (US$ 36.2 billion) when compared with Indian residents’ overseas financial assets (US$ 24.1 billion) (Table 1).Increase in reserve assets (US$ 16.6 billion) was the largest contributor to the rise in Indian residents’ foreign assets during April-June 2023, followed by direct investment, loans and trade credit.Inward portfolio investment (US$ 15.0 billion) and foreign direct investment (US$ 8.9 billion) together accounted for two thirds of the rise in foreign liabilities of Indian residents.Reserve assets accounted for 64.2 per cent of India’s international financial assets at end-June 2023 (Tables 1 and 2).

The stock of external debt at end-June 2023 as well as revised data for earlier quarters are set out in Statements I (IMF format1) and II (old format). The major developments relating to India’s external debt as at end-June 2023 are presented below.Highlights At end-June 2023, India’s external debt was placed at US$ 629.1 billion, recording an increase of US$ 4.7 billion over its level at end-March 2023 (Table 1).The external debt to GDP ratio declined to 18.6 per cent at end-June 2023 from 18.8 per cent at end-March 2023.