(Rs. in crores)
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                                                                                       1996                               1997
Last Reporting Friday(in case of March)\                                             ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Last Friday                                      1990-91     1995-96   1996-97          July      Jan.        Feb.          Mar.    Apr.(P)    May(P)     Jun.(P)  Jul.(P)
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Number of reporting banks                            271         287         295         292         294         294         295         295         295      295      295

Liabilities to the banking system(1)               6,486      17,648      21,193      22,990      19,451      18,827      21,193      21,705      25,720   26,422   26,978

 Demand and time deposits from banks(2),(13)       5,443      12,066      17,396      15,400      16,701      15,755      17,396      17,598      16,957   17,260   18,482
                                                     (-)         (-)       (-)           (-)       (-)         (-)         (-)          (-)       (-)         (-)      (-)

Borrowings from banks(3)                             967       3,387       3,258       7,147       2,468       2,763       3,258       3,561       8,123    8,222    7,900

Other demand and time liabilities(4)                  76       2,195         539         442         282         309         539         547         640      940      596

Liabilities to others(1)                         205,600     462,965     540,789     479,426     518,891     523,217     540,789     546,068     552,610  559,024  562,379

Aggregate deposits                               192,541     433,819     505,599     448,133     485,742     490,738     505,599     510,077     515,898  522,295  524,694

Demand                                            33,192      80,614      90,610      75,350      80,801      82,082      90,610      86,927      85,884   88,066   86,857

Time                                             159,349     353,205     414,989     372,783     404,941     408,656     414,989     423,150     430,013  434,229  437,837

Borrowings(5)                                        470         587         937       3,145       1,064         770         937         846       2,206    2,100    2,951

Other demand and time liabilities(4),(13)         12,589      28,560      34,253      28,148      32,085      31,709      34,253      35,145      34,507   34,629   34,734
                                                     (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)      (-)      (-)
Borrowings from Reserve Bank(6)                    3,468       4,847         560          67         508         591         560         220          25       37        -

Against Usance bills/promissory notes             -                _      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -          -

Others                                             3,468       4,847         560          67         508         591         560         220          25       37        -

Cash in hand and balances with Reserve Bank       25,665      53,780      53,195      59,788      47,837      47,091      53,195      55,323      56,427   54,035   59,410

Cash in hand                                       1,804       3,113       3,347       3,099       3,259       3,200       3,347       3,249       3,398    3,832    3,511

Balances with Reserve Bank(8)                     23,861      50,667      49,848      56,689      44,579      43,891      49,848      52,074      53,029   50,203   55,899


Assets with the Banking System                     5,582      16,571      19,892      18,319      18,251      16,704      19,892      20,054      21,265   22,193   23,141

Balances with other banks

In current account                                 1,793       3,046       3,327       2,297       2,554       2,773       3,327       3,152       2,914    3,019    3,128


In other accounts                                  1,053       5,015       5,042       5,326       5,819       4,616       5,042       6,695       5,076    5,054    5,459

Money at call and short notice                     1,445       5,154       7,959       8,639       7,041       6,410       7,959       7,930      10,772   11,776   12,171

Advances to Banks(9)                                 902       1,642       1,876       1,125       1,609       1,553       1,876       1,086       1,187    1,170    1,135

Other assets                                         388       1,713       1,687         931       1,227       1,353       1,687       1,191       1,316    1,174    1,248

Investment                                        75,065     164,782     190,513     173,276     191,558     193,991     190,513     200,526     205,670  212,151  214,926

Government securities(10)                         49,998     132,227     158,890     141,680     160,309     162,314     158,890     168,553     173,602  180,124  183,287

Other approved securities                         25,067      32,555      31,624      31,596      31,250      31,677      31,624      31,973      32,068   32,027   31,639

Bank credit(11),(12)                             116,301     254,015     278,401     250,866     267,354     268,237     278,401     277,930     277,465  276,724  278,534
                                                 (4,506)     (9,791)     (7,597)    (11,096)     (8,670)     (8,213)     (7,597)     (7,366)     (9,999) (10,174)  (9,499)

Loans, cash-credits and overdrafts               105,982     224,671     251,622     224,705     240,950     241,296     251,622     250,874     251,010  249,720  252,113

Inland bills-purchased                             3,375       4,305       4,187       3,938       4,171       4,174       4,187       4,353       4,171    4,257    3,967

Inland bills-discounted                            2,336       9,416       8,605       8,516       8,590       9,180       8,605       8,876       8,891    9,423    9,338

Foreign bills-purchased                            2,758       9,164       7,649       7,918       7,453       7,508       7,649       7,543       6,651    7,213    7,139

Foreign bills-discounted                           1,851       6,460       6,337       5,790       6,190       6,080       6,337       6,283       6,743    6,112    5,977

Cash-Deposit Ratio                                  13.3        12.4        10.5        13.3         9.8         9.6        10.5        10.8        10.9     10.3     11.3

Investment-Deposit Ratio                            39.0        38.0        37.7        38.7        39.4        39.5        37.7        39.3        39.9     40.6     41.0

Credit-Deposit Ratio                                60.4        58.6        55.1        56.0        55.0        54.7        55.1        54.5        53.8     53.0     53.1

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