(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       2,933        35,186    200,045

August 30,1996         124,541       2,746        4,203       6,428           79,835       2,772        36,202    184,323

September 6,1996       129,550       2,792        4,128       6,200           80,438       2,772        37,256    188,624

September 13,1996      129,288       2,548        4,122       6,220           80,277       2,772        36,903    188,324

September 20,1996      125,116       2,703        4,464       6,196           81,061       2,772        36,794    185,518

September 27,1996      122,912       3,062        4,438       6,181           81,651       2,816        36,949    184,111


May 1997               127,521       1,564        4,194       7,155           99,398       2,917        34,347    208,402

June 1997              124,952       1,495        3,813       7,151          103,255       2,922        34,881    208,707

July 1997              124,004       1,388        3,825       7,731          105,285       2,922        39,011    206,144

August 30,1997         110,618       1,253        4,085       7,800          109,245       2,922        33,792    202,131

September 5,1997       119,028       1,225        3,877       7,789          108,884       2,922        34,550    209,175

September 12,1997      114,924       1,475        3,936       7,797          106,873       2,922        34,887    203,040

September 19,1997      112,361       1,668        4,184       7,549          106,549       2,922        34,513    200,720

September 26,1997      113,694       1,531        4,132       7,544          106,672       2,922        34,185    202,310

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                                                NO. 12S- Net Reserve Bank Credit to Government
                                                                                                                                                                                                   (Rs. crore)
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                                                  1992-93                              1993-94                              1994-95                              1995-96                              1996-97
                Item                ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    As on the         As on  As on       As on the         As on  As on       As on the         As on  As on       As on the         As on  As on      As on the         As on   As on
                                    last report-   March 31 March 31     last report-   March 31 March 31     last report-   March 31 March 31     last report-   March 31 March 31    last report-   March 31  March 31
                                    ing Friday  (before     (after       ing Friday  (before     (after       ing Friday  (before     (after       ing Friday  (before     (after      ing Friday  (before      (after
                                    of March,   closure of  closure of   of March,   closure of  closure of   of March,   closure of  closure of   of March,   closure of  closure of  of March,   closure of   closure of
                                    (March 19,  Government   Government  (March 18,  Government   Government  (March 31,  Government   Government  (March 29,  Government   Government (March 28,  Government    Government
                                        1993)   Accounts)   Accounts)        1994)   Accounts)   Accounts)        1995)   Accounts)   Accounts)        1996)   Accounts)   Accounts)       1997)   Accounts)    Accounts)

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                 1                       2           3           4            5           6           7            8           9           10           11          12          13          14          15         16
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Net Reserve Bank Credit to               95,013      97,048      98,449       99,052      98,552      99,300     1,01,478      98,737    1,01,478     1,18,289    1,22,138    1,21,349    1,19,671     1,23,463 1,24,181
Government (A+B)                       (-3,342)     (3,679)     (4,433)      (4,039)     (1,504)       (851)      (2,426)       (185)     (2,178)     (16,811)    (23,401)    (19,871)     (1,382)      (1,325)  (2,832)

A. Net Reserve Bank Credit               94,527      96,423      96,523       97,857      97,729      96,783       98,913      98,678      98,913     1,18,002    1,20,535    1,18,768    1,18,571     1,21,511 1,20,702
   to Central Government (i-ii) @      (-2,683)     (3,586)     (4,257)      (3,330)     (1,306)       (260)      (1,056)       (949)     (2,130)     (19,089)    (21,857)    (19,855)       (569)        (976)  (1,934)

i) Claims on Central Government          94,577      97,621      97,621       97,910      98,969      98,969       99,886      99,886      99,886     1,18,056    1,21,267    1,21,267    1,18,625     1,22,773 1,22,773
                                       (-2,702)     (3,273)     (3,273)      (3,333)     (1,348)     (1,348)      (1,976)       (917)       (917)     (18,170)    (21,381)    (21,381)       (569)      (1,506)  (1,506)


ii)Deposits with Rserve Bank                 50       1,198       1,098           53       1,240       2,186          973       1,208         973           54         732       2,499          53        1,262    2,071
                                          (-19)      (-313)      (-984)          (3)        (42)     (1,088)        (920)       (-32)    (-1,213)       (-919)      (-476)     (1,526)        (-1)        (530)   (-428)



B. Net Reserve Bank Credit to               486         625       1,926        1,195         823       2,517        2,565          59       2,565          287       1,603       2,581       1,100        1,952    3,479
   State Governments (i-ii)              (-659)        (93)       (176)        (709)       (198)       (591)      (1,370)      (-764)        (48)     (-2,279)     (1,544)        (16)       (813)        (349)    (898)


i) Loans and Advance to                     499       1,070       1,926        1,204         848       2,517        2,565         275       2,565          305       1,699       2,581       1,144        2,207    3,479
   State Governments                     (-652)        (10)       (176)        (705)      (-222)       (591)      (1,361)      (-573)        (48)     (-2,261)     (1,424)        (16)       (839)        (508)    (898)


ii) Deposits with Reserve Bank               13         445           -            9          25           -            -         216           -           18          96           -          44          255        -
                                            (7)       (-83)         (-)         (-4)      (-420)         (-)         (-9)       (191)         (-)         (18)      (-120)         (-)        (26)        (159)      (-)

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Figures in brackets represent the financial year variation over the corresponding data of the preceding year.