(Rs. crore)

Outstanding

Variation over

as on

Financial year so far

1999

2000

Week

1998-99

1999-2000

Year

Item

Mar. 31#

Mar. 17#

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Reserve Money

2,59,371

2,77,091

9,584

3.6

29,882

13.2

17,720

6.8

20,807

8.1

Components (i+ii+iii)

(i)

Currency in circulation

1,75,846

2,01,674

-250

-0.1

26,773

17.7

25,827

14.7

23,845

13.4

(ii)

Bankers' deposits with RBI

79,703

72,602

9,559

15.2

3,437

4.8

-7,102

-8.9

-2,641

-3.5

(iii)

"Other" deposits with RBI

3,821

2,816

276

-327

-1,005

-398

Sources (i+ii+iii+iv-v)

(i)

Net RBI credit to Government

1,52,539

1,53,340

-658

-0.4

17,912

13.3

801

0.5

268

0.2

of which : to Centre

1,45,416

1,48,948

253

16,749

3,531

-1,418

(ii)

RBI credit to banks & comm. sector

25,487

30,086

9,321

44.9

11,934

78.1

4,598

18.0

2,870

10.5

o/w : to banks (includes NABARD)

13,262

17,365

5,093

7,983

4,103

2,285

(iii)

Net foreign exchange assets of RBI

1,37,954

1,60,799

1,581

1.0

16,502

14.2

22,846

16.6

28,407

21.5

(iv)

Govt.'s currency liabilities to the public

3,846

4,079

—

442

233

285

(v)

Net non-monetary liabilities of RBI

60,455

71,213

659

16,908

10,758

11,022