No.12 : Sources of Reserve Money
                                                                                                    (Rs. in crores)
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                               Reserve Bank's claims on                  Net foreign   Govern-      Net non-     Reserve
                      ----------------------------------------------     exchange      ment's       monetary     Money
Outstanding as on     Govern-    Commer-      National     Commer-       assets of     currency     liabilities  (2+3+4+5
March 31/each Friday/ ment       cial & co-   Bank for     cial          RBI (3)       liabili-     of RBI (3)   +6+7-8)
last reporting        (net)(1)   operative    Agricul-     sector(2)                   ties to
Friday of the month              banks        ture and                                 the public
                                              Rural
                                              Development
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1990-91                 88,848       6,895        3,112       6,342            7,983       1,621        27,022     87,779

1991-92                 94,016       1,265        3,837       7,260           18,838       1,704        27,415     99,505

1992-93                 98,449       5,555        4,330       6,220           22,647       1,824        28,246    110,779

1993-94                 99,300       1,878        3,673       6,445           51,422       1,991        26,037    138,672

1994-95                101,478       8,683        4,787       6,593           74,720       2,379        29,358    169,282

1995-96                121,349      16,964        4,991       6,855           74,092       2,503        32,297    194,457

1996-97                124,181       2,123        4,882       6,247           94,865       2,856        35,183    199,971

April 5,1996           126,187      12,816        4,973       6,500           74,534       2,503        33,144    194,369

April 12,1996          128,728       4,924        4,533       6,497           74,691       2,503        32,782    189,094

April 19,1996          132,293       7,068        4,698       6,489           74,731       2,503        32,402    195,380

April 26,1996          131,833       6,098        4,339       6,487           75,133       2,534        32,310    194,114




December1996           126,081       2,010        4,649       6,274           85,387       2,851        36,998    190,254

January 1997           119,054       1,734        4,499       6,265           85,897       2,856        36,779    183,526

February 1997          117,614       1,817        4,939       6,228           84,970       2,856        34,106    184,318

March 1997             124,181       2,123        4,882       6,247           94,865       2,856        35,183    199,971

April 4,1997           129,459       1,272        4,838       6,244           94,583       2,856        34,482    204,770

April 11,1997          128,011       2,063        4,606       6,117           94,965       2,856        34,137    204,481

April 18,1997          128,957       1,277        4,538       6,937           95,166       2,856        34,298    205,433

April 25,1997          123,387       1,444        4,504       6,938           95,532       2,856        34,023    200,638
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