2003	2004		Variation
Item	Mar. 21	Mar. 12	Mar. 19#	Week	Year
1	2	3	4	5	6
Notes issued	2,78,659	3,22,096	3,20,988	–1,108	42,329
Notes in circulation	2,78,633	3,22,078	3,20,966	–1,112	42,333
Notes held in Banking Department	26	18	22	4	–4
Deposits
Central Government	101	101	101	—	—
State Governments	41	41	41	—	—
Scheduled Commercial Banks	58,335	78,204	68,997	–9,207	10,662
Scheduled State Co-operative Banks	1,606	1,543	1,753	210	147
Other Banks	4,428	4,573	4,555	–18	127
Others	6,945	7,729	8,393	664	1,448
Other liabilities	1,26,864	1,31,389	1,33,135	1,746	6,271
TOTAL LIABILITIES/ASSETS	4,76,977	5,45,676	5,37,962	–7,714	60,985
Foreign currency assets (1)	3,34,337	4,77,165	4,78,454	1,289	1,44,117
Gold coin and bullion(2)	17,759	18,966	18,966	—	1,207
Rupee securities (including
treasury bills)	1,06,317	34,021	23,318	–10,703	–82,999
Loans and advances
Central Government	—	—	—	—	—
State Governments	3,205	1,712	4,219	2,507	1,014
NABARD	4,837	1,143	650	–493	–4,187
Scheduled Commercial Banks	79	—	—	—	–79
Scheduled State Co-operative Banks	37	5	2	–3	–35
Industrial Development Bank of India	—	—	—	—	—
Export-Import Bank of India	—	—	—	—	—
Others	1,272	254	243	–11	–1,029
Bills purchased and discounted
Commercial	—	—	—	—	—
Treasury	—	—	—	—	—
Investments(3)	4,373	4,473	4,473	—	100
Other assets	4,760	7,936	7,638	–298	2,878

(1) Includes foreign securities, balances held abroad and investments in foreign shares/bonds.

(2) Effective October 17, 1990, gold is valued close to international market price.

(3) Excludes investments in foreign shares and bonds and in Government of India rupee securities.