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March 31/Reporting     Notes in       Circulation of    Cash on    Total         Demand     `Other'    Total         M1    Post Office    M2     Time         M3     Total post   M4
Fridays of the month/  circula-   --------------------  hand with  (2+3+4-5)     deposits   deposits   (7+8)        (6+9)  savings bank (10+11)  deposits   (10+13)  office     (14+15)
Last reporting         tion (1)   rupee      Small      banks                    with       with                           deposits              with banks          deposits
Friday of the month               coins(2)   coins(2)                            banks      Reserve
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          1                2          3          4          5          6             7          8          9         10        11         12        13        14        15        16
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1990-91                  53,661        936        685      2,234     53,048        39,170        674     39,844     92,892    4,205      97,097   172,936   265,828    14,681   280,509
1991-92                  62,034        975        729      2,640     61,098        52,423        885     53,308    114,406    4,620     119,026   202,643   317,049    20,141   337,190
1992-93                  69,502      1,044        780      3,053     68,273        54,480      1,313     55,793    124,066    4,824     128,890   242,759   366,825    21,589   388,414
1993-94                  83,405      1,161        829      3,094     82,301        65,952      2,525     68,477    150,778    5,116     155,894   283,629   434,407    24,029   458,436
1994-95                 102,302      1,498        881      4,000    100,681        88,193      3,383     91,576    192,257    5,041     197,298   339,169   531,426    25,969   557,395
1995-96                 120,066      1,563        940      4,311    118,258        93,233      3,344     96,577    214,835    5,041     219,876   389,172   604,007    25,969   629,976
1996-97                 134,299      1,942        991      4,799    132,433       104,924      3,238    108,162    240,595    5,041     245,636   459,588   700,183    25,969   726,152
August 2,1996           124,078      1,672        956      4,038    122,668        87,873      5,190     93,063    215,731    5,041     220,772   412,693   628,424    25,969   654,393
August 16,1996          125,667      1,672        956      4,331    123,964        87,763      5,081     92,844    216,808    5,041     221,849   414,122   630,930    25,969   656,899

April 1997              140,630      1,942        991      4,408    139,155       100,842      3,433    104,275    243,430    5,041     248,471   468,581   712,011    25,969   737,980
May 1997                145,609      1,942        991      4,657    143,885        99,112      3,465    102,577    246,462    5,041     251,503   474,536   720,998    25,969   746,967
June 1997               146,345      1,942        991      4,879    144,399       100,738      5,350    106,088    250,487    5,041     255,528   479,085   729,572    25,969   755,541
July 1997               144,818      1,942        991      4,986    142,765        99,106      5,627    104,733    247,498    5,041     252,539   483,560   731,058    25,969   757,027
August 1,1997           140,241      1,942        991      4,936    138,238       100,351      5,789    106,140    244,378    5,041     249,419   487,250   731,628    25,969   757,597
August 15,1997          142,448      1,942        991      4,891    140,490        99,174      4,249    103,423    243,913    5,041     248,954   490,805   734,718    25,969   760,687

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