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(Rs. crore)

Outstanding as on

Variation over

Financial year so far

Year-on-year

2001

2002

Week

2000-2001

2001-2002

2001

2002

Item

Mar. 31#

Mar. 8#

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Reserve Money

3,03,311

3,22,431

–862

–0.3

18,252

6.5

19,120

6.3

30,910

11.5

23,624

7.9

Components (i+ii+iii)

(i)

Currency in circulation

2,18,205

2,51,516

4,644

1.9

24,658

12.5

33,312

15.3

19,346

9.6

29,798

13.4

(ii)

Bankers' deposits with RBI

81,477

68,446

–5,197

–7.1

–5,564

–6.9

–13,031

–16.0

11,853

18.8

–6,450

–8.6

(iii)

"Other" deposits with RBI

3,630

2,469

–308

–841

–1,161

–290

276

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

(i)

Net RBI credit to Government

1,53,877

1,52,148

1,552

1.0

7,240

4.9

–1,728

–1.1

1,506

1.0

–3,356

–2.2

of which : to Centre

1,46,534

1,45,187

1,811

7,512

–1,347

–1,354

–2,154

(ii)

RBI credit to banks & comm. sector

26,252

16,965

–4,873

–22.3

–6,387

–19.9

–9,287

–35.4

4,903

23.6

–8,703

–33.9

o/w : to banks (includes NABARD)

12,965

10,045

–1,939

–3,065

–2,920

1,448

–3,675

(iii)

Net foreign exchange assets of RBI

1,97,175

2,50,706

3,376

1.4

29,790

18.0

53,531

27.1

36,451

22.9

55,036

28.1

(iv)

Govt.'s currency liabilities to the public

5,354

5,902

—

699

549

749

625

(v)

Net non-monetary liabilities of RBI

79,345

1,03,290

916

13,090

23,944

12,699

19,978