(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   Aug.2,   Aug.16,     Apr.     May    June      July    Aug 1,   Aug 15,
                                                                                                                          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  278,915  278,095    297,883  303,207  306,442  312,228  312,483  313,835
   A.RBI's net credit to Government
     (i-ii)                                    88,848     94,016     98,449     99,300    101,478    121,349    124,181  131,090  130,659    123,386  127,522  124,951  124,003  118,080  116,267
    (i) Claims on Government (a+b)             90,534     96,098     99,547    101,486    102,451    123,848    126,252  131,159  130,726    123,450  127,589  125,018  124,070  118,149  116,335
       (a) Central Government (1)              88,444     94,348     97,621     98,969     99,886    121,267    122,773  131,112  130,168    122,229  127,468  124,790  123,764  118,113  116,239
       (b) State Governments                    2,090      1,750      1,926      2,517      2,565      2,581      3,479       47      558      1,221      121      228      306       36       96
     (ii) Government deposits with              1,686      2,082      1,098      2,186        973      2,499      2,071       69       67         64       67       67       67       69       68
           RBI (a+b)
       (a) Central Government                   1,686      2,082      1,098      2,186        973      2,499      2,071       52       53         52       51       50       51       50       51
       (b) State Governments                        -          -          -          -          -          -        -         17       14         12       16       17       16       19       17
   B.Other Banks' Credit to Government         51,345     64,247     77,789    104,618    120,941    136,429    164,635  147,825  147,436    174,497  175,685  181,491  188,225  194,403  197,568

2.  Bank Credit to Commercial Sector(A+B)     171,769    187,993    220,135    237,774    292,723    344,648    375,355  340,124  338,409    376,326  376,271  375,245  378,018  376,411  375,314

    A.RBI's credit to commercial sector (2)     6,342      7,260      6,220      6,445      6,593      6,855      6,247    6,447    6,432      6,938    7,155    7,151    7,731    7,728    7,737
    B.Other banks' credit to commercial       165,427    180,733    213,915    231,329    286,130    337,793    369,108  333,677  331,977    369,388  369,116  368,094  370,287  368,683  367,577
     sector (i+ii+iii)
     (i) Bank credit by commercial banks      116,350    125,649    152,044    164,465    211,606    254,016    278,402  250,269  248,615    277,931  277,559  276,817  278,918  277,558  276,536
    (ii) Bank credit by co-operative banks     22,927     26,424     30,809     33,813     41,046     48,932     56,047   49,306   49,337     56,582   56,534   56,209   56,745   56,624   56,511
   (iii) Investments by commercial             26,150     28,660     31,062     33,051     33,478     34,845     34,659   34,102   34,025     34,875   35,023   35,068   34,624   34,501   34,530
         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   87,529   87,415    103,581  107,447  111,304  113,335  114,229  115,196

A.RBI's net foreign exchange assets (i-ii)(3)   7,983     18,838     22,647     51,422     74,720     74,092     94,865   79,480   79,366     95,532   99,398  103,255  105,286  106,180  107,147
      (i) Gross foreign assets                 11,217     23,617     30,689     60,081     79,757     74,104     94,925   79,591   79,522     95,544   99,411  103,266  105,299  106,193  107,158
     (ii) Foreign liabilities                   3,234      4,779      8,042      8,659      5,037         12         60      111      156         12       13       11       13       13       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    2,628    2,628      2,933    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   80,772   75,617     68,712   68,860   66,352   75,456   74,428   72,560

   A.Net non-monetary liabilities of RBI(3)    27,022     27,415     28,246     26,037     29,358     32,296     35,187   40,118   36,032     34,023   34,337   34,729   38,833   37,335   37,051
    B.Net non-monetary liabilities of other
      banks(residual)                          31,314     24,722     27,569     37,850     35,769     50,767     34,648   40,654   39,585     34,689   34,523   31,623   36,623   37,093   35,509

M3 (1+2+3+4-5)                                265,828    317,049    366,825    434,407    531,426    604,007    700,183  628,424  630,930    712,011  720,998  729,572  731,058  731,628  734,718
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