(Rs. crore)

Variation over

Outstanding as on

Financial year so far

Year-on-year

2002

Week

2001-2002

2002-2003

2001

2002

Item

Mar. 31#

May 3#

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Reserve Money

3,37,825

3,45,529

8,874

2.6

4,413

1.5

7,704

2.3

43,743

16.6

37,805

12.3

Components (i+ii+iii)

(i) Currency in circulation

2,50,833

2,64,298

3,675

1.4

15,088

6.9

13,465

5.4

24,060

11.5

31,005

13.3

(ii) Bankers' deposits with RBI

84,147

79,054

5,512

7.5

–10,379

–12.7

–5,093

–6.1

19,094

36.7

7,956

11.2

(iii) "Other" deposits with RBI

2,845

2,177

–313

–297

–669

589

–1,156

Sources (i+ii+iii+iv-v)

(i) Net RBI credit to Government

1,54,471

1,61,069

5,507

3.5

7,939

5.2

6,599

4.3

17,173

11.9

–747

–0.5

of which : to Centre

1,46,028

1,56,265

6,492

10,838

10,237

15,091

–1,107

(ii) RBI credit to banks & comm. sector

16,677

17,758

3,601 25.4

–1,103

–4.2

1,081

6.5

4,668

22.8

–7,391

–29.4

o/w : to banks (includes NABARD)

10,748

11,825

2,092

1,043

1,077

2,118

–2,183

(iii) Net foreign exchange assets of RBI

2,63,969

2,72,347

1,489

0.5

3,117

1.6

8,378

3.2

35,676

21.7

72,055

36.0

(iv) Govt.'s currency liabilities to the public

6,225

6,225

—

60

—

781

812

(v) Net non-monetary liabilities of RBI

1,03,517

1,11,870

1,722

5,600

8,354

14,556

26,924

Government Balances as on March 31, 2002 are before closure of accounts.