Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Basic Statistical Return on Credit by Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) in India – March 2025’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ (DBIE) portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications). The publication provides information on various characteristics of bank credit in India, based on data submitted by SCBs {including Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)} under the annual ‘Basic Statistical Return (BSR) – 1’ system, which collects information on type of account, organisation, occupation/activity and category of the borrower, district and population group of the place of utilisation of credit, rate of interest, credit limit and amount outstanding.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – March 2025 ’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications).

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of May 2025 are set out in Tables 1 to 7. Highlights: Lending Rates: • The weighted average lending rate (WALR) on fresh rupee loans of SCBs stood at 9.26 per cent in April 2025 (9.35 per cent in March 2025).

International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) January – 2025 34,726 (12.0) 16,706 (12.6) February – 2025 31,625 (11.6) 14,506 (-4.8) March – 2025 35,600 (18.6) 17,475 (5.3) April – 2025 32,843 (8.8) 16,909 (0.9) Notes: (i) Data for January-April are provisional; and (ii) Figures in parentheses are growth rates over the corresponding month of the previous year which have been revised on the basis of balance of payments statistics.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation May 24 May 16 May 23 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 18822 36404 24410 -11994 5587 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 17-May-2024 02-May-2025* 16-May-2025* 17-May-2024 02-May-2025* 16-May-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 289665.55 349543.61 356140.08 293548.27 355582.28 362127.16** b) Borrowings from banks 162652.31 110268.37 112764.97 162655.67 110369.38 112767.97 c) Other demand & time liabilities 74638.62 23238.10 23875.31 74865.42 23598.95 24262.77

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of April 2025 collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks (SCBs), accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit by all SCBs, are set out in Statements I and II. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit as on the fortnight ended April 18, 2025, grew by 11.2 per cent as compared to 15.3 per cent during the corresponding fortnight of the previous year (i.e., April 19, 2024).

Today, the Reserve Bank of India released its Annual Report for 2024-25, a statutory report of its Central Board of Directors. The Report covers the working and functions of the Reserve Bank of India for the period April 2024 - March 2025

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended May 23, 2025 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended May 16, 2025. 

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation May. 17 May. 9 May. 16 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 17624 51342 36404 -14938 18780 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the May 2025 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes two speeches, four articles and current statistics. The four articles are: I. State of the Economy; II. Economic Activity and Banknotes: New Approaches; III. Digital Footprints: Decoding India’s Inbound Tourism through Internet Searches; and IV. Impact of Weather Anomalies on Vegetable Prices in India.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended May 16, 2025.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation May 10 May 2 May 9 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 11584 38480 51342 12862 39758 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 03-May-2024 18-Apr-2025* 02-May-2025* 03-May-2024 18-Apr-2025* 02-May-2025* LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 291055.36 346519.46 350035.11 295223.02 352576.56 356073.79** b) Borrowings from banks 167685.78 105133.47 110267.74 167685.78 105135.36 110368.75 c) Other demand & time liabilities 76526.46 23924.94 23236.44 76795.51 24211.61 23597.28 LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A)

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 March 2025.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation May 3 Apr. 25 May 2 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 19755 22324 38480 16156 18726 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The Reserve Bank of India has been conducting Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) since September 2007 and consolidated results have been regularly disseminated on the Bank’s website in the form of web-articles. To promote transparency and research initiatives, Reserve Bank of India will now start disseminating the individual respondent-level forecasts from recent rounds of SPF (from round 61 onwards) after anonymising the forecasters’ personally identifiable information.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Apr. 26 Apr. 18 Apr. 25 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 13284 36792 22324 -14467 9040 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of April 2025 are set out in Tables 1 to 7. Highlights: Lending Rates:

The value of exports and imports of services during March 2025 is given in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) January – 2025 34,726 (12.0) 16,706 (12.6) February – 2025 31,625 (11.6) 14,506 (-4.8) March – 2025 35,600 (18.6) 17,475 (5.3) Notes: (i) Data for January-March are provisional; and (ii) Figures in parentheses are growth rates over the corresponding month of the previous year which have been revised on the basis of balance of payments statistics.

The Reserve Bank today released data on India’s invisibles as per the IMF’s Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6) format for October-December of 2024-25.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended April 25, 2025 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended April 18, 2025.

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of March 2025 collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks (SCBs), accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed by all SCBs, are set out in Statements I and II. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit as on the fortnight ended March 21, 2025, grew by 12.0 per cent as compared to 16.3 per cent during the corresponding fortnight of the previous year (i.e., March 22, 2024).

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Rural Consumer Confidence Survey (RCCS). The May 2025 round of the survey is being launched. The survey collects current perceptions and one year ahead expectations of households on general economic situation, employment scenario, overall price situation, own income and spending from the households residing in the rural and semi-urban areas across 31 states/ UTs viz., NCT of Delhi, Telangana, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Union Territory of Ladakh. The results of this survey provide useful inputs for monetary policy.

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Urban Consumer Confidence Survey (UCCS). The May 2025 round of the survey is being launched. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households, regarding their sentiments on general economic situation, employment scenario, price level, households’ income and spending. The survey is conducted regularly in 19 cities, viz., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram. The results of this survey

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH). The May 2025 round of the survey is being launched. The survey aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, based on their individual consumption baskets, across 19 cities, viz., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households on price changes (general prices as well as prices of specific product groups) in the three months ahead as well as in the one year ahead period and quantitative responses on current, three months ahead and one year ahead inflation rates. The results of this survey provide useful inputs for monetary policy.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Apr. 19 Apr. 11 Apr. 18 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 17496 35191 36792 1600 19295 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the April 2025 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes bi-monthly monetary policy statement (April 09, 2025), four speeches, four articles and current statistics. The four articles are: I. State of the Economy; II. Three Years of the Standing Deposit Facility: Some Insights; III. Changing Dynamics of Climate Policy Uncertainty and Energy Commodity Prices; and IV. Rural Consumer Confidence in India: Bridging the Gap.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Apr. 12 Apr. 4 Apr. 11 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 12921 38299 35191 -3108 22271 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 05-Apr-2024 21-Mar-2025* 04-Apr-2025* 05-Apr-2024 21-Mar-2025* 04-Apr-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 311538.58 309413.69 341552.68 316377.56 315674.68 347987.06** b) Borrowings from banks 176357.08 111975.77 105753.36 176367.15 112026.94 105753.36 c) Other demand & time liabilities 73116.43 29915.64 23126.31 73356.21 30309.78 23437.00

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended April 11, 2025.

The Reserve Bank has launched the 45th round of the quarterly Services and Infrastructure Outlook Survey (SIOS) for the reference period April-June 2025. The survey assesses the business situation for the current quarter (Q1:2025-26) from selected companies in the services and infrastructure sectors in India and their expectations for the ensuing quarter (Q2:2025-26) based on qualitative responses on a set of indicators pertaining to demand conditions, financial conditions, employment conditions and the price situation. The outlook on key parameters for the two subsequent quarters (Q3:2025-26 and Q4:2025-26) are also covered. 

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 February 2025.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Apr. 5 Mar. 28 Apr. 4 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 17380 26284 38299 12016 20919 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

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 March 2025.

The Reserve Bank of India today released on its website the results of the following Surveys: i. Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS) – March 2025 ii. Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) – March 2025 iii. Rural Consumer Confidence Survey (RCCS) – March 2025 iv. OBICUS Survey on manufacturing sector – Q3:2024-25 v. Industrial Outlook Survey of the Manufacturing Sector for Q4:2024-25 vi. Survey of Professional Forecasters on Macroeconomic Indicators – Round 93rd vii. Bank Lending Survey for Q4:2024-25 viii. Services and Infrastructure Outlook Survey for Q4:2024-25

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 22-Mar-2024 07-Mar-2025* 21-Mar-2025* 22-Mar-2024 07-Mar-2025* 21-Mar-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 294470.87 284322.01 309413.40 298451.61 289252.56 315674.39** b) Borrowings from banks 182428.71 113375.74 112450.27 182565.72 113395.68 112501.44 c) Other demand & time liabilities 72451.70 38843.52 29906.64 73099.81 39214.14 30300.78

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Mar. 29 Mar. 21 Mar. 28 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 2300 19192 26284 7092 23984 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Money Supply for the fortnight ended March 21, 2025.

Today, the Reserve Bank released data relating to India’s International Investment Position for end-December 2024[1]. Key Features of IIP in end-December 2024: • Net claims of non-residents on India increased by US$ 11 billion during Q3:2024-25 and stood at US$ 364.5 billion in December 2024.

The value of exports and imports of services during February 2025 is given in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) October – 2024 34,411 (22.7) 17,232 (28.0) November – 2024 32,109 (14.2) 17,246 (26.1) December – 2024 36,967 (16.9) 17,799 (13.9)

Today, the Reserve Bank of India released the balance of payments (BoP) data for the third quarter (Q3), i.e., October-December of 2024-25 on its website (www.rbi.org.in). On the basis of these data, the sources of variation in foreign exchange reserves during April-December 2024 are detailed below in Table 1. Table 1: Sources of Variation in Foreign Exchange Reserves* (US$ billion) Items April-December 2023 April-December 2024 I. Current Account Balance -30.7 -37.1 II. Capital Account (net) (a to f) 63.6 23.3 a. Foreign Investment (i+ii) 40.5 11.0 (i) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) 7.8 1.6 (ii)Portfolio Investment 32.7 9.4

Preliminary data on India’s balance of payments (BoP) for the third quarter (Q3), i.e., October-December 2024-25, are presented in Statements I and II. Key Features of India’s BoP in Q3:2024-25 • India’s current account deficit (CAD) increased to US$ 11.5 billion (1.1 per cent of GDP) in Q3:2024-25 from US$ 10.4 billion (1.1 per cent of GDP) in Q3:2023-24 but moderated from US$ 16.7 billion (1.8 per cent of GDP) in Q2:2024-25. Merchandise trad

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Mar. 22 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - - 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 13251 23828 19192 -4636 5941 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of March 2025 are set out in Tables 1 to 7.

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of February 2025 collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks, accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed by all scheduled commercial banks, are set out in Statements I and II. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit as on the fortnight ended February 21, 2025 grew at 12.0 per cent as compared to 16.6 per cent for the corresponding fortnight of the previous year (February 23, 2024).

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended March 21, 2025.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Mar. 15 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 - 0 - 4.2 State Governments 19929 39684 23828 -15856 3899 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs)    ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 08-Mar-2024    21-Feb-2025*    07-Mar-2025*    08-Mar-2024    21-Feb-2025*    07-Mar-2025* I    LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A)    a) Demand & Time deposits from banks    293601.63    272677.28    284322.07    297409.87    279042.72    289252.63** b) Borrowings from banks    180434.60    112778.14    113375.74    181080.82    112884.38 

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Money Supply for the fortnight ended March 07, 2025.