(Rs. crore)
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                                             Outstandings as on March 31/reporting Fridays of the
                                             month/last reporting Friday of the month
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                                             1990-91    1991-92    1992-93    1993-94    1994-95    1995-96    1996-97   June 7, June 21,   Feb.     Mar.     Apr.     May    June 6,  June 20,
                                                                                                                          1996     1996     1997     1997     1997     1997     1997     1997
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1. Net Bank Credit to Government (A+B)        140,193    158,263    176,238    203,918    222,419    257,778    288,816  273,866  274,961  285,705  288,816  297,883  303,207  306,303  306,442
   A.RBI's net credit to Government
     (i-ii)                                    88,848     94,016     98,449     99,300    101,478    121,349    124,181  134,108  134,530  117,614  124,181  123,386  127,522  126,678  124,951
    (i) Claims on Government (a+b)             90,534     96,098     99,547    101,486    102,451    123,848    126,252  134,173  134,597  117,682  126,252  123,450  127,589  126,744  125,018
       (a) Central Government (1)              88,444     94,348     97,621     98,969     99,886    121,267    122,773  133,924  134,391  116,856  122,773  122,229  127,468  126,724  124,790
       (b) State Governments                    2,090      1,750      1,926      2,517      2,565      2,581      3,479      249      206      826    3,479    1,221      121       20      228
     (ii) Government deposits with              1,686      2,082      1,098      2,186        973      2,499      2,071       65       67       68    2,071       64       67       66       67
           RBI (a+b)
       (a) Central Government                   1,686      2,082      1,098      2,186        973      2,499      2,071       52       53       54    2,071       52       51       50       50
       (b) State Governments                        -          -          -          -          -          -        -         13       14       14      -         12       16       16       17
   B.Other Banks' Credit to Government         51,345     64,247     77,789    104,618    120,941    136,429    164,635  139,758  140,431  168,091  164,635  174,497  175,685  179,625  181,491

2.  Bank Credit to Commercial Sector(A+B)     171,769    187,993    220,135    237,774    292,723    344,648    375,355  338,675  339,597  362,275  375,355  376,326  376,271  375,548  375,245

    A.RBI's credit to commercial sector (2)     6,342      7,260      6,220      6,445      6,593      6,855      6,247    6,492    6,471    6,228    6,247    6,938    7,155    7,152    7,151
    B.Other banks' credit to commercial       165,427    180,733    213,915    231,329    286,130    337,793    369,108  332,183  333,126  356,047  369,108  369,388  369,116  368,396  368,094
     sector (i+ii+iii)
     (i) Bank credit by commercial banks      116,350    125,649    152,044    164,465    211,606    254,016    278,402  249,910  249,026  268,238  278,402  277,931  277,559  277,177  276,817
    (ii) Bank credit by co-operative banks     22,927     26,424     30,809     33,813     41,046     48,932     56,047   48,091   49,857   53,414   56,047   56,582   56,534   56,219   56,209
   (iii) Investments by commercial             26,150     28,660     31,062     33,051     33,478     34,845     34,659   34,182   34,243   34,395   34,659   34,875   35,023   35,000   35,068
         and co-operative banks in
         other securities
3.  Net Foreign Exchange Assets of
    Banking Sector (A+B)                       10,581     21,226     24,443     54,612     79,032     82,141    102,914   83,084   84,073   93,019  102,914  103,581  107,447  109,142  111,304

A.RBI's net foreign exchange assets (i-ii)(3)   7,983     18,838     22,647     51,422     74,720     74,092     94,865   75,035   76,024   84,970   94,865   95,532   99,398  101,093  103,255
      (i) Gross foreign assets                 11,217     23,617     30,689     60,081     79,757     74,104     94,925   75,047   76,034   84,981   94,925   95,544   99,411  101,105  103,266
     (ii) Foreign liabilities                   3,234      4,779      8,042      8,659      5,037         12         60       12       10       11       60       12       13       12       11
    B.Other banks' net foreign                  2,598      2,388      1,796      3,190      4,312      8,049      8,049    8,049    8,049    8,049    8,049    8,049    8,049    8,049    8,049
      exchange assets
4.  Government's Currency
    Liabilities to the Public                   1,621      1,704      1,824      1,990      2,379      2,503      2,933    2,569    2,597    2,929    2,933    2,933    2,933    2,933    2,933

5.  Banking Sector's net Non-monetary
    Liabilities Other than Time Deposits
    (A+B)                                      58,336     52,137     55,815     63,887     65,127     83,063     69,835   76,372   76,473   63,723   69,835   68,712   68,860   67,055   66,352

   A.Net non-monetary liabilities of RBI(3)    27,022     27,415     28,246     26,037     29,358     32,296     35,187   34,244   34,208   34,113   35,187   34,023   34,337   34,145   34,729
    B.Net non-monetary liabilities of other
      banks(residual)                          31,314     24,722     27,569     37,850     35,769     50,767     34,648   42,128   42,265   29,610   34,648   34,689   34,523   32,910   31,623

M3 (1+2+3+4-5)                                265,828    317,049    366,825    434,407    531,426    604,007    700,183  621,822  624,755  680,205  700,183  712,011  720,998  726,871  729,572
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