Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) for the month of March 2023. Highlights: Lending Rates: The weighted average lending rate (WALR) on fresh rupee loans of SCBs increased by 24 basis points (bps) from 9.00 per cent in January 2023 to 9.24 per cent in February 2023. The WALR on outstanding rupee loans of SCBs increased by 9 bps from 9.58 per cent in January 2023 to 9.67 per cen

Preliminary data on India’s balance of payments (BoP) for the third quarter (Q3), i.e., October-December 2022-23, are presented in Statements I (BPM6 format) and II (old format). Key Features of India’s BoP in Q3:2022-23 India’s current account deficit declined to US$ 18.2 billion (2.2 per cent of GDP) in Q3:2022-23 from US$ 30.9 billion (3.7 per cent of GDP)1 in Q2:2022-23 and US$ 22.2 billion (2.7 per cent of GDP) a year ago [i.e., Q3:2021-22]2. Underlying the lower

Today, the Reserve Bank released data relating to India’s International Investment Position for end-December 2022[1]. Key Features of India’s IIP in end-December 2022 Net claims of non-residents on India declined by US$ 12.0 billion during October-December 2022 and stood at US$ 374.5 billion as at end-December 2022. The reduction in net claims was due to higher rise in Indian residents’ overseas financial assets (US$ 28.7 billion) as compared with the increase in fore

Earlier today, the Reserve Bank of India released balance of payments (BoP) data for October-December 2022 on its website (www.rbi.org.in). On the basis of these data, the sources of variation in foreign exchange reserves during April-December 2022 are detailed below. Sources of Variation in Foreign Exchange Reserves: April-December 2022 During April-December 2022, there was a decline in the foreign exchange reserves, the sources of which are set out in Table 1. Table

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2022 2023 Variation Mar. 25 Mar. 17 Mar. 24 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - - - - - 4.2 State Governments 670 8189 7625 -564 6954 * Data are provisional. 2. Foreign Exchange Reserves* Item As on March 24, 2023 Variation over Week End-March 2022 Year ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Total Reserves 4773649 578778 46147 5977 174831

Today, the Reserve Bank released the data1 relating to financial performance of foreign direct investment (FDI) companies in India during 2021-22 (https://dbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=statistics#!2_46) based on audited annual accounts of 2,206 companies, which reported in the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind-AS) format for three accounting years from 2019-20 to 2021-22. The paid up capital (PUC) of these companies amounted to ₹5,04,271 crore, which accounted for

Today, the Reserve Bank released the data relating to financial performance of non-government non-financial (NGNF) public limited companies during 2021-22 (https://dbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=statistics#!2_44) based on audited annual accounts of 6,973 companies, which reported in the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind-AS) format for three accounting years from 2019-20 to 2021-22. The paid up capital (PUC) of these companies amounted to ₹6,41,681 crore, which acco

Today, the Reserve Bank released the data relating to financial performance of non-government non-financial (NGNF) private limited companies during 2021-22 (https://dbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=statistics#!2_45) based on audited annual accounts of 9,659 companies, which reported in the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind-AS) format for three accounting years from 2019-20 to 2021-22. The paid-up capital (PUC) of these companies amounted to ₹5,59,510 crore, which acc

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended March 24, 2023. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2022-2023/1935

Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Returns (BSR)-1: Outstanding Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs), December 2022’ on its Database on Indian Economy (DBIE) portal (web-link: https://dbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=publications#!12). It captures various characteristics of bank credit such as occupation/activity and organisational sector of the borrower, type of account and interest rates. Data reported