Preliminary data on India’s balance of payments (BoP) for the first quarter (Q1), i.e., April-June 2024-25, are presented in Statements I and II. Key Features of India’s BoP in Q1:2024-25 • India’s current account deficit (CAD) widened marginally to US$ 9.7 billion (1.1 per cent of GDP) in Q1:2024-25 from US$ 8.9 billion (1.0 per cent of GDP) in Q1:2023-24 and against a surplus of US$ 4.6 billion (0.5 per cent of GDP) in Q4:2023-24.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Sep. 22 Sep. 13 Sep. 20 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 13480 29725 26447 -3279 12967 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Today the Reserve Bank of India placed on its website a research study titled “Status of Digital Financial Literacy in Lakshadweep Islands: Bottlenecks and Way Forward” under the Project Research Study . The study is based on the primary data collected from all the ten inhabited islands in Lakshadweep - Agatti, Amini, Andrott, Bitra, Chetlat, Kadmat, Kalpeni, Kavaratti, Kiltan and Minicoy - to analyse the present status of digital financial literacy and digital financial inclusion. While households were the primary unit of enumeration of the survey, SHG members, bank employees, school authorities, students and business-persons in the islands were also interviewed.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended September 20, 2024.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the September 2024 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes eleven speeches, four articles, and current statistics. The four articles are: I. State of the Economy; II. Synchronisation of Indian States’ Business Cycle; III. Priority Sector Lending: The Indian Experience; IV. Peeling the Layers: A Review of the NBFC Sector in Recent Times.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 08-Sep-2023 23-Aug-2024* 06-Sep-2024* 08-Sep-2023 23-Aug-2024* 06-Sep-2024* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 248727.47 294896.40 297810.00 251106.12 298809.39 302095.57** b) Borrowings from banks 188137.55 126681.45 128865.30 188207.97 126693.70 129153.89 c) Other demand & time liabilities 69409.90 77788.66 23520.31 70117.34 78091.61 23848.47 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposits (other than from banks) 19388696.45 21325126.04 21549984.81 19828360.43 21775041.27 22001736.24 i) Demand 2199179.49 2446039.12 2456817.43 2244723.98 2494144.42 2505222.10

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Sep. 15 Sep. 6 Sep. 13 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 16939 35426 29725 -5701 12786 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended September 13, 2024 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended September 06, 2024.

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 July 2024.

Today, the Reserve Bank released its annual publication “Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy, 2023-24” (HBS). The publication, 26th in the series, provides detailed time-series data on the Indian economy

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Sep. 8 Aug. 30 Sep. 6 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 24915 13381 35426 22045 10511 * 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 August 2024.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended September 06, 2024.

(Amount in ₹ Crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 25-Aug-2023 09-Aug-2024* 23-Aug-2024* 25-Aug-2023 09-Aug-2024* 23-Aug-2024* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 241128.05 292345.35 295815.45 243491.28 296541.45 299728.44** b) Borrowings from banks 199018.30 130962.87 126866.69 199138.00 130982.37 126878.94 c) Other demand & time liabilities 68276.33 76963.58 77788.62 68978.29 77260.31 78091.57

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Sep. 1 Aug. 23 Aug. 30 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 22904 26802 13381 -13421 -9523 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended August 30, 2024 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended August 23, 2024.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – June 2024 ’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications).

Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Returns (BSR)-1: Outstanding Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs)1 - June 20242’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications). It captures various characteristics of bank credit such as occupation/activity and organisational sector of the borrower, type of account and interest rates based on account-level reporting3. Data reported by SCBs (excluding Regional Rural Banks) are presented for bank groups, population groups4 and states.

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of August 2024 are set out in Tables 1 to 7. Highlights: Lending Rates:

The value of exports and imports of services during July 2024 is given in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports)