Earlier today, the Reserve Bank of India released balance of payments (BoP) data for July-September 2023 on its website (www.rbi.org.in). On the basis of these data, the sources of variation in foreign exchange reserves during April-September 2023 are detailed below.

Preliminary data on India’s balance of payments (BoP) for the second quarter (Q2), i.e., July-September 2023-24, are presented in Statements I (BPM6 format) and II (old format).

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2022 2023 Variation Dec. 16 Dec. 8 Dec. 15 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances   

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended December 15, 2023.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the December 2023 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes Monetary Policy Statement December 8, 2023, two speeches, seven articles and current statistics.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets*(₹ Crore) Item 2022 2023 Variation Dec. 9 Dec. 1 Dec. 8 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 

The Reserve Bank of India hosted the Eighteenth C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture on December 15, 2023 in Mumbai. The lecture was delivered by Professor Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Economics and the Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy at Columbia University. The text of his lecture India at 125: Reclaiming the Lost Glory and Returning the Global Economy to the Old Normal” is placed at www.rbi.org.in. (Yogesh Dayal) Chief General Manager Press Release: 2023-2024/1497

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on Overseas Direct Investment, both under Automatic Route and the Approval Route, for the month of November 2023. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release : 2023-2024/1488  

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 02-Dec-22 17-NOV-2023 * 01-DEC-2023 * 02-Dec-22 17-NOV-2023 * 01-DEC-2023 * LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 204511.44 241123.11 254742.65 206990.5 244489.69 258583.28 **

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended December 08, 2023 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended December 01, 2023. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1473

Today, the Reserve Bank released the results of 2022-23 round of its survey on international trade in banking services (ITBS). This annual survey focuses on cross-border fund-based banking services (e.g., deposits, credit) as well as financial auxiliary services with explicit/implicit fees/commissions charged by foreign branches and overseas subsidiaries

Today, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the Report titled “State Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2023-24”, an annual publication that provides information, analysis and an assessment of the finances of State governments for 2023-24 against the backdrop of actual and revised/provisional accounts for 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively. The theme of this year’s Report is “Revenue Dynamics and Fiscal Capacity of Indian States”.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has noticed certain misleading advertisements enticing borrowers by offering loan waivers. These entities seem to be actively promoting many such campaigns in the print media as well as social media platforms. There are reports of such entities charging a service/legal fee for issuing ‘debt waiver certificates’ without any authority. It has also come to our notice that in certain locations, campaigns are being run by a few persons, which undermine the efforts of Banks in enforcing their rights over the securities charged to the Banks. Such entities are misrepresenting that dues to financial institutions including banks need not be repaid. Such activities undermine the stability of financial institutions and, above all, the interest of the depositors. It may also be noted that associating with such entities can result in direct financial losses.

The Reserve Bank of India today released on its website the results of the following Surveys: i) Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS) – November 2023 ii) Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) – November 2023 iii) Survey of Professional Forecasters on Macroeconomic Indicators–  Round  85rd 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. 

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended December 01, 2023.

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 October 2023. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1410

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – September 2023’ on its Database on Indian Economy (DBIE) portal3 (web-link: - https://dbieold.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=BsrPublications#!21).  Scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) {excluding regional rural banks (RRBs)} report branch-wise data on type of deposits (current, savings and term), its institutional sector wise ownership, age wise distribution of deposits pertaining to individuals, maturity pattern of term deposits as well as number of bank employees in the quarterly Basic Statistical Return (BSR) – 2 to the Reserve Bank. These data are disseminated at disaggregated level (viz., type of deposits, population groups, bank groups, states, districts, centres, interest rate ranges, size and original as well as residual maturity).

Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Returns (BSR)-1: Outstanding Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) - September 2023’ on its Database on Indian Economy (DBIE) portal1 (web-link: https://dbieold.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=BsrPublications#!12). It captures various characteristics of bank credit such as occupation/activity and organisational sector of the borrower, type of account and interest rates based on account-level reporting2. Data reported by 90 SCBs (excluding Regional Rural Banks) are presented for bank groups, population groups and states3.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item    2022    2023    Variation Nov. 25    Nov. 17    Nov. 24    Week    Year 1    2    3    4    5 4 Loans and Advances         4.1 Central Government    0    0    0    0    0 4.2 State Governments    2944    17338    16275    -1062    13331 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The value of exports and imports of services during October 2023 is given in the following table.  International Trade in Services (US$ Million) Month    Receipts (Exports)    Payments (Imports) July – 2023    26,228 (8.1)    13,754 (-2.2) August – 2023    28,719 (8.4)    15,103