Press Releases

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Basic Statistical Return on Credit by Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) in India – March 2025’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ (DBIE) portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications). The publication provides information on various characteristics of bank credit in India, based on data submitted by SCBs {including Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)} under the annual ‘Basic Statistical Return (BSR) – 1’ system, which collects information on type of account, organisation, occupation/activity and category of the borrower, district and population group of the place of utilisation of credit, rate of interest, credit limit and amount outstanding.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – March 2025 ’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications).

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹29,400 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State Amount to be raised (₹Crore) Tenor (Year) Type of Auction 1. Andhra Pradesh 1000 09 Yield 1500 11 Yield 1500 12 Yield 1500 13 Yield 1500 14 Yield 2. Chhattisgarh 500 Re-issue of 7.08% Chhattisgarh SDL 2029, issued on February 24, 2021 Price 500 Re-issue of 7.00% Chhattisgarh SGS 2029, issued on September 19, 2024 Price

Reserve Bank of India announces the auction of Government of India Treasury Bills as per the following details: Sr. No. Treasury Bill Notified Amount (in ₹ Crore) Auction Date Settlement Date 1 91 Days 9,000 June 04, 2025 (Wednesday) June 05, 2025 (Thursday) 2 182 Days 5,000 3 364 Days 5,000 Total 19,000

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of May 2025 are set out in Tables 1 to 7. Highlights: Lending Rates: • The weighted average lending rate (WALR) on fresh rupee loans of SCBs stood at 9.26 per cent in April 2025 (9.35 per cent in March 2025).

International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) January – 2025 34,726 (12.0) 16,706 (12.6) February – 2025 31,625 (11.6) 14,506 (-4.8) March – 2025 35,600 (18.6) 17,475 (5.3) April – 2025 32,843 (8.8) 16,909 (0.9) Notes: (i) Data for January-April are provisional; and (ii) Figures in parentheses are growth rates over the corresponding month of the previous year which have been revised on the basis of balance of payments statistics.

The Government of India has announced the buyback of its Securities through auction for an aggregate amount of ₹25,000 crore (face value). The security-wise deatails of the buyback are as under: S.No. Security Date of Maturity 1. 7.27% GS 2026 08 April, 2026 2. 6.99% GS 2026 17 April, 2026 3. 6.97% GS 2026 06 September, 2026 4. 7.33% GS 2026 30 October, 2026 5. 8.24% GS 2027 15 February, 2027

As announced vide the Press Release 2024-2025/1933 dated January 15, 2025, the Reserve Bank will be conducting daily Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auctions on all working days in Mumbai with reversal taking place on the next working day, until further notice.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation May 24 May 16 May 23 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 18822 36404 24410 -11994 5587 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 17-May-2024 02-May-2025* 16-May-2025* 17-May-2024 02-May-2025* 16-May-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 289665.55 349543.61 356140.08 293548.27 355582.28 362127.16** b) Borrowings from banks 162652.31 110268.37 112764.97 162655.67 110369.38 112767.97 c) Other demand & time liabilities 74638.62 23238.10 23875.31 74865.42 23598.95 24262.77