Research and Data

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2025 2026 Variation Feb. 28 Feb. 20 Feb. 27 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 22937 16953 9787 -7167 -13150 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Today, the Reserve Bank of India released the balance of payments (BoP) data for the third quarter (Q3), i.e., October-December of 2025-26, on its website (www.rbi.org.in). On the basis of these data, the sources of variation in foreign exchange reserves during April-December 2025 are detailed below in Table 1.

Preliminary data on India’s balance of payments (BoP) for the third quarter (Q3), i.e., October-December 2025-26, are presented in Statements I and II. Key Features of India’s BoP in Q3:2025-26 • India’s current account deficit increased to US$ 13.2 billion (1.3 per cent of GDP) in Q3:2025-26 from US$ 11.3 billion (1.1 per cent of GDP) in Q3:2024-25 (Table 1). ,

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of February 2026 are set out in Tables 1 to 7.

The value of exports and imports of services during January 2026 are presented in the following table.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Money Supply for the fortnight ended February 15, 2026.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2025 2026 Variation Feb. 21 Feb. 13 Feb. 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 22112 21576 16953 -4622 -5159 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Return (BSR)-1 on Credit by Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs)1- December 20252 on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in >Homepage > Publications). It captures various classificatory characteristics of bank credit such as occupation/activity/organisational sector of the borrower, types of accounts and their interest rates based on account-level reporting. Data reported by SCBs {excluding Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)} are presented across bank groups, population groups3 and States.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Return (BSR)-2 on Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – December 2025 ’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications).

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of January 2026, collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) which together account for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit by all SCBs, are set out in Statements I and II. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit grew by 14.4 per cent as on the fortnight ended January 31, 2026, compared to 11.3 per cent during the corresponding fortnight of the previous year (i.e., January 24, 2025).