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