(Rs. Crore)
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                                             Currency with the public              Deposit money of the public
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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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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      1,874        982      4,633    132,522       103,384      3,242    106,626    239,148    5,041       244,189    458,908    698,056     25,969     724,025
May 10,1996             131,328      1,590        944      3,983    129,879        85,866      5,450     91,316    221,195    5,041       226,236    396,461    617,656     25,969     643,625
May 24,1996             130,086      1,622        948      4,174    128,482        85,634      5,358     90,992    219,474    5,041       224,515    398,891    618,365     25,969     644,334

January 1997            130,097      1,874        982      4,237    128,716        92,290      4,490     96,780    225,496    5,041       230,537    445,150    670,646     25,969     696,615
February 1997           132,353      1,874        982      4,152    131,057        94,211      3,558     97,769    228,826    5,041       233,867    449,533    678,359     25,969     704,328
March 1997              134,299      1,874        982      4,633    132,522       103,384      3,242    106,626    239,148    5,041       244,189    458,908    698,056     25,969     724,025
April 1997              140,630      1,874        982      4,698    138,788       101,237      3,433    104,670    243,458    5,041       248,499    467,858    711,316     25,969     737,285
May 9,1997              145,723      1,874        982      4,721    143,858        99,749      3,115    102,864    246,722    5,041       251,763    471,417    718,139     25,969     744,108
May 23,1997             145,609      1,874        982      4,759    143,706        99,384      3,461    102,845    246,551    5,041       251,592    473,429    719,980     25,969     745,949
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