Today, the Reserve Bank released the March 2024 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes four speeches, three articles, and current statistics. The three articles are: I. State of the Economy; II. Pandemic-induced Policy Stimulus and Inflation: A Cross-Country Perspective; and III. Seasonality in India’s Key Economic Indicators.

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 February 2024. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/2065

Reserve Bank of India – Bulletin Weekly Statistical Supplement – Extract1. Reserve Bank of India -Liabilities and Assets*(₹ Crore_Item 2023 2024 Mar. 10 Mar. 1 

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended March 08, 2024. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/204

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Mar. 3 Feb. 23 Mar. 1 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 14077 14809 3252 -11557 -10825 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off. 

Scheduled Banks’ Statement of Position in India as on Friday, February 23, 2024

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended March 01, 2024 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended February 23, 2024.

Today the Reserve Bank of India placed on its website a Working Paper titled, “Drivers of Commercial Paper Rate Spread – An Empirical Assessment” under the Reserve Bank of India Working Paper Series[1]. The paper is co-authored by Priyanka Priyadarshini, Anshul, Srijashree Sardar, Dipak R. Chaudhari and Sangeeta Das.

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 January 2024.

Today the Reserve Bank of India placed on its website a Working Paper titled “Pricing of Interdealer OTC Derivatives in a Limit Order Market” under the Reserve Bank of India Working Paper Series[1]. The Paper is co-authored by Vidya Kamate and Abhishek Kumar.

Today, the Reserve Bank of India releases Volume 44, No.1, 2023 of its Occasional Papers, a research journal containing contributions from its staff. This issue contains three articles and four book reviews.

The value of exports and imports of services during January 2024 is given in the following table.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Feb. 24 Feb. 16 Feb. 23 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 9515 13292 14809 1517 5294 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

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 2024 are set out in Tables 1 to 7.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – December 2023’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal[1] (https://dbie.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) - December 2023’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal[1] (https://dbie.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 reporting[2]. Data reported by 90 SCBs (excluding Regional Rural Banks) are presented for bank groups, population groups[3] and states[4].

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS). The January 2024 round of the survey is being launched. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households, regarding their sentiments on general economic situation, employment scenario, price level, households’ income and spending. The survey is conducted regularly in 19 cities, viz., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram. The results of this survey provide useful inputs for monetary policy.

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH). The March 2024 round of the survey is being launched. The survey aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, based on their individual consumption baskets, across 19 cities, viz., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households on price changes (general prices as well as prices of specific product groups) in the three months ahead as well as in the one year ahead period and quantitative responses on current, three months ahead and one year ahead inflation rates. The results of this survey provide useful inputs for monetary policy.

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of January 2024[1] collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks, accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed by all scheduled commercial banks, are set out in Statements I and II.

On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit[2] registered a growth of 16.2 per cent in January 2024[3] as compared with 16.7 per cent a year ago. 

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended February 23, 2024.

Today, the Reserve Bank released data on the performance of the private corporate sector during the third quarter of 2023-24 drawn from abridged quarterly financial results of 2,842 listed non-government non-financial companies. These include data for Q3:2022-23 and Q2:2023-24 to enable comparison (web-link https://dbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=statistics#!2_42).

Today, the Reserve Bank released its quarterly house price index (HPI)[1] (base: 2010-11=100) for Q3:2023-24, based on transaction-level data received from the registration authorities in ten major cities[2]. Time series data on all-India and city-wise HPIs are available at the Bank’s database on Indian economy (DBIE) portal (https://cimsdbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/#/dbie/home> Statistics > Real Sector > Prices & Wages).

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Feb. 17 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 10-Feb-23 26-JAN-2024 * 09-FEB-2024 * 10-Feb-23 26-JAN-2024 * 09-FEB-2024 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A)   

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended February 16, 2024 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended February 09, 2024. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1911

Today, the Reserve Bank released the February 2024 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes monetary policy statement, five speeches, four articles, current statistics.

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 January 2024. Ajit Prasad              
Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1896

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Feb. 10 Feb. 2 Feb. 9 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 2401 22237 20255 -1982 17854 * 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 February 09, 2024. 

The Reserve Bank today released data on India’s invisibles as per the IMF’s Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6) format for July-September of 2023-24.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Feb. 3 Jan. 26 Feb. 2 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 20732 12810 22237 9427 1505

The Reserve Bank of India today released on its website the results of the following Surveys:

 (Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS  27-Jan-23 12-Jan-2024 * 26-JAN-2024 * 27-Jan-23 12-Jan-2024 * 26-JAN-2024 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A)   a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 208480.12 262755.38 265720.09 210725.37 266353.52 269500.31 **  b) Borrowings from banks 62698.3 180980.15 197683.64 63048.66 181010.43 197782.34 

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 December 2023. 

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended February 02, 2024 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended January 26, 2024.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets*  (₹ Crore)  Item  2023  2024  Variation  Jan. 27  Jan. 19  Jan. 26  Week  Year  1  2  3  4  5  4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government  0  0  0  0  0  4.2 State Governments  16745  18712  12810  -5902  -3935  * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The value of exports and imports of services during December 2023 is given in the following table.

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

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended January 26, 2024. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-24/1775

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of December 2023[1] collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks, accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed by all scheduled commercial banks, are set out in Statements I and II. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit[2] registered a growth of 15.8 per cent in December 2023[3] as compared with 15.3 per cent a year ago. Highlights of the sectoral deployment of bank credit3 are given below:

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Jan. 20 Jan. 12 Jan. 19 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 19058 16087 18712 2625 -346 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off. 

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Money Supply for the fortnight ended January 12, 2024.  Ajit Prasad Director (Communications)  Press Release: 2023-2024/1746

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs)  ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 13-Jan-23  29-DEC-2023 *  12-JAN-2024 *  13-Jan-23  29-DEC-2023 *  12-JAN-2024 *  I  LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks  209292.46  266042.92  262701.02  211585.22  269437.43  266299.16 **

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended January 19, 2024. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1734

Today, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its Report titled “Finances of Panchayati Raj Institutions”. Drawing upon data on 2.58 lakh Panchayats for the years 2020-21 to 2022-23, it presents an assessment of their finances and their role in India’s socio-economic development.

Government of Maharashtra has declared January 22, 2024 as a public holiday under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Accordingly, and in modification of the press release 2023-2024/1710 issued earlier today on “Market Trading Hours on January 22, 2024”, there will be no transactions and settlements in Government securities (primary and secondary), foreign exchange, money markets and Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives on January 22, 2024 (Monday). Settlement of all outstanding transactions will accordingly get postponed to the next working day i.e., January 23, 2024 (Tuesday).

Today, the Reserve Bank released the January 2024 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes seven speeches, six articles, current statistics. Financial Stability Report December 2023 and Report on Trend and Progress of Banking 2022-23 are supplements to the January 2024 Bulletin.

The Reserve Bank has launched the 105th round of the quarterly Industrial Outlook Survey (IOS) of the Indian manufacturing sector for the reference period January-March 2024. The survey assesses business sentiment for the current quarter (Q4:2023-24) and expectations for the ensuing quarter (Q1:2024-25), based on qualitative responses on a set of indicators pertaining to demand conditions, financial conditions, employment conditions and the price situation. The outlook on key parameters for the two subsequent quarters (Q2:2024-25 and Q3:2024-25) are also covered.

The Reserve Bank has launched the 40th round of the quarterly Services and Infrastructure Outlook Survey (SIOS) for the reference period January-March 2024. The survey assesses the business situation for the current quarter (Q4:2023-24) from selected companies in the services and infrastructure sectors in India and their expectations for the ensuing quarter (Q1:2024-25) based on qualitative responses on a set of indicators pertaining to demand conditions, financial conditions, employment conditions and the price situation. The outlook on key parameters for the two subsequent quarters (Q2:2024-25 and Q3:2024-25) are also covered.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended January 12, 2024. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1690