(Rs. crore)

Outstanding

Variation over

as on

Financial year so far

2000

Week

1999-2000

2000-2001

Year

Item

Mar. 31#

May 5#

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Reserve Money

2,80,243

2,63,439

- 8,900

- 3.3

8,391

3.2

- 16,803

- 6.0

- 4,296

- 1.6

Components (i+ii+iii)

(i)

Currency in circulation

1,96,678

2,08,794

4,496

2.2

15,719

8.9

12,117

6.2

17,229

9.0

(ii)

Bankers' deposits with RBI

80,460

52,004

-

13,249

- 20.3

- 6,575

-

8.2

- 28,456

- 35.4

- 21,124

- 28.9

(iii)

"Other" deposits with RBI

3,105

2,641

-146

-753

-464

-402

Sources (i+ii+iii+iv-v)

(i)

Net RBI credit to Government

1,48,264

1,44,642

- 5,843

- 3.9

5,564

3.6

- 3,621

- 2.4

- 13,461

- 8.5

of which : to Centre

1,39,829

1,42,281

- 6,425

12,364

2,452

- 15,499

(ii)

RBI credit to banks & comm. sector

32,055

20,480

- 2,696

- 11.6

1,126

4.4

- 11,575

- 36.1

- 6,133

- 23.0

o/w : to banks (includes NABARD)

16,785

11,890

- 2,250

856

- 4,896

- 2,228

(iii)

Net foreign exchange assets of RBI

1,65,880

1,64,615

- 1,120

- 0.7

2,865

2.1

- 1,265

- 0.8

23,796

16.9

(iv)

Govt.'s currency liabilities to the public

4,194

4,194

—

21

—

328

(v)

Net non-monetary liabilities of RBI

70,151

70,493

-759

1186

342

8,826

Note : Government Balances as on March 31, 2000 are after closure of accounts.