| 1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets |
(Rs.crore) |
Item |
2008 |
2009 |
Variation |
Mar. 7 |
Feb. 27 |
Mar. 6# |
Week |
Year |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Loans and advances |
|
|
|
|
|
Central Government |
— |
9,603 |
21,245 |
11,642 |
21,245 |
State Governments |
— |
243 |
1,063 |
820 |
1,063 |
| 2. Foreign Exchange Reserves |
Item |
As on Mar. 6, 2009 |
Variation over |
Year |
Week |
End-March 2008 |
End-December 2008 |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Total Reserves |
12,73,041 |
247,292 |
8,452 |
–1,986 |
35,076 |
–62,431 |
32,880 |
–8,676 |
43,699 |
–56,168 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
12,19,383 |
236,727 |
8,381 |
–1,988* |
23,360 |
–62,503 |
24,593 |
–9,876 |
29,945 |
–56,744 |
(b) Gold |
49,440 |
9,746 |
— |
— |
9,316 |
–293 |
8,330 |
1,261 |
11,286 |
188 |
(c) SDRs |
6 |
1 |
— |
— |
–68 |
–17 |
–7 |
–2 |
5 |
1 |
(d) Reserve position in the IMF** |
4,212 |
818 |
71 |
2 |
2,468 |
382 |
–36 |
–59 |
2,463 |
387 |
* : Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation/depreciation of non-US currencies (such as Euro, Sterling, Yen) held in reserves. For details, please refer to the Current Statistics section of the RBI Bulletin.
** : Reserve Position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF),i.e.,Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) which was shown as a memo item from May 23, 2003 to March 26, 2004 has been included in the reserves from the week ended April 2, 2004 in keeping with the international best practice. |
| 3. Scheduled Commercial Banks - Business in India |
(Rs. crore) |
Item |
Outstanding |
Variation over |
as on 2009 |
Fortnight |
Financial year so far |
Year-on-year |
Feb. 27# |
2007-2008 |
2008-2009 |
2008 |
2009 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
Liabilities to Others |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Aggregate deposits |
37,35,864 |
49,891 |
4,76,321 |
5,38,924 |
5,97,328 |
6,47,609 |
| |
|
|
(1.4) |
(18.2) |
(16.9) |
(24.0) |
(21.0) |
| |
Demand |
4,74,690 |
26,323 |
30,039 |
–49,619 |
64,596 |
14,921 |
| |
Time |
32,61,173 |
23,568 |
4,46,282 |
5,88,544 |
5,32,732 |
6,32,688 |
Bank Credit |
26,68,090 |
21,307 |
3,23,571 |
3,06,177 |
4,07,751 |
4,13,330 |
| |
|
|
(0.8) |
(16.8) |
(13.0) |
(22.1) |
(18.3) |
| |
Food Credit |
48,430 |
1,362 |
–2,209 |
4,031 |
–679 |
4,119 |
| |
Non-food credit |
26,19,660 |
19,945 |
3,25,780 |
3,02,145 |
4,08,429 |
4,09,211 |
| 5. Accommodation Provided by Scheduled Commercial Banks to Commercial Sector in the form of Bank Credit and Investments in Shares/Debentures/Bonds/Commercial Paper etc. |
(Rs. crore) |
| Item |
2008 – 2009 |
2007 – 2008 |
Outstanding as on |
Variation
(3) - (2) |
Outstanding as on |
Variation
(6) - (5) |
2008 |
2009 |
2007 |
2008 |
Mar. 28 |
Feb. 27 |
Mar. 30 |
Feb. 29 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
3. Total (1B + 2) |
24,13,021 |
27,22,807 |
3,09,786 |
19,68,214 |
23,03,973 |
3,35,759 |
| Note : Data on investments are based on Statutory Section 42(2) Returns. |
| 7. Money Stock: Components and Sources |
(Rs. crore) |
Item |
Outstanding As on |
Variation over |
Fortnight |
Financial year so far |
Year-on-year |
2008 |
2009 |
2007-2008 |
2008-2009 |
2008 |
2009 |
Mar. 31# |
Feb. 27# |
Amount |
% |
Amount |
% |
Amount |
% |
Amount |
% |
Amount |
% |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
M3 |
|
40,06,722 |
46,42,531 |
52,343 |
1.1 |
5,64,640 |
17.0 |
6,35,810 |
15.9 |
6,91,760 |
21.7 |
7,61,798 |
19.6 |
| |
Components (i+ii+iii+iv) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(i) |
Currency with the Public |
5,67,476 |
6,50,453 |
–1,988 |
–0.3 |
71,298 |
14.8 |
82,977 |
14.6 |
69,962 |
14.4 |
96,249 |
17.4 |
(ii) |
Demand deposits with banks |
5,74,408 |
5,23,936 |
27,327 |
5.5 |
30,278 |
6.4 |
–50,472 |
–8.8 |
67,879 |
15.5 |
17,971 |
3.6 |
(iii) |
Time deposits with banks |
28,55,769 |
34,62,146 |
27,960 |
0.8 |
4,65,551 |
19.8 |
6,06,377 |
21.2 |
5,53,877 |
24.5 |
6,46,591 |
23.0 |
(iv) |
"Other" deposits with Reserve Bank |
9,069 |
5,997 |
–956 |
–13.8 |
–2,487 |
–33.2 |
–3,072 |
–33.9 |
41 |
0.8 |
988 |
19.7 |
Sources (i+ii+iii+iv-v) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(i) |
Net Bank credit to Government (a+b) |
9,07,077 |
11,97,044 |
5,632 |
0.5 |
28,791 |
3.5 |
2,89,967 |
32.0 |
37,564 |
4.6 |
3,34,018 |
38.7 |
| |
(a) Reserve Bank |
–1,13,209 |
–39,791 |
–9,977 |
|
–1,74,745 |
|
73,418 |
|
–1,52,521 |
|
1,32,532 |
|
| |
(b) Other Banks |
10,20,286 |
12,36,834 |
15,608 |
1.3 |
2,03,536 |
24.5 |
2,16,548 |
21.2 |
1,90,085 |
22.5 |
2,01,486 |
19.5 |
(ii) |
Bank credit to commercial sector (a+b) |
25,69,912 |
29,01,670 |
24,581 |
0.9 |
3,34,361 |
15.7 |
3,31,758 |
12.9 |
4,19,014 |
20.5 |
4,37,232 |
17.7 |
| |
(a) Reserve Bank |
1,788 |
6,841 |
1,092 |
19.0 |
166 |
10.8 |
5,053 |
282.5 |
319 |
23.0 |
5,138 |
301.6 |
| |
(b) Other Banks |
25,68,124 |
28,94,830 |
23,489 |
0.8 |
3,34,195 |
15.7 |
3,26,706 |
12.7 |
4,18,695 |
20.5 |
4,32,095 |
17.5 |
| 22. Secondary Market Transactions in Government Securities (Face Value)@ |
(Amount in Rs. crore) |
Item |
For the Week Ended Feb. 27, 2009 |
For the Week Ended Mar. 6, 2009 |
Amount |
YTM (%PA) Indicative** |
Amount |
YTM (%PA) Indicative** |
Minimum |
Maximum |
Minimum |
Maximum |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
II. |
RBI* |
: Sales |
112 |
|
|
180 |
|
|
| |
|
: Purchase |
5,656 |
|
|
10,247+ |
|
|
@ |
: |
As reported in Subsidiary General Ledger Accounts at RBI, including 'When Issued' transactions. |
* |
: |
RBI's sales and purchases include transactions in other offices also. |
** |
: |
Minimum and maximum YTMs (% PA) indicative have been given excluding transactions of Non-standard lot size (Less than Rs.5 crore). |
+ |
: |
Includes purchase of Oil Marketing Companies Government of India Special Bonds (Oil bonds) of Rs.765 crore (face value) under Special Market Operation (SMO). |
# |
: |
Provisional |
_ |
: |
Nil / Negligible |
|
Ajit Prasad
Manager Press Release : 2008-2009/1490 |
