Reserve Money : Components and Sources

Date: May 21, 2010

(Rs. crore)
Item	Outstanding as on		Variation over
	2010		Week		Financial year so far				Year-on-year
	2010		Week		2009-2010		2010-2011		2009		2010
	Mar. 31#	May 14#	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Reserve Money	11,55,281	11,68,801	8,903	0.8	–27,576	–2.8	13,519	1.2	6,041	0.6	2,08,376	21.7
Components (i+ii+iii)
(i) Currency in Circulation	7,99,198	8,53,376	9,071	1.1	37,680	5.5	54,179	6.8	1,02,970	16.5	1,24,543	17.1
(ii) Bankers' Deposits with RBI	3,52,299	3,11,801	–159	–0.1	–64,562	–22.2	–40,498	–11.5	–95,245	–29.6	85,088	37.5
(iii) "Other" Deposits with RBI	3,785	3,624	–9	–0.2	–694	–12.4	–161	–4.3	–1,684	–25.7	–1,255	–25.7
Sources (i+ii+iii+iv-v)
(i) Net RBI Credit to Government	2,20,218	2,23,298	8,837		4,168		3,081		1,65,895		1,57,550
of which : to Centre	2,19,836	2,23,339	9,433		4,028		3,504		1,66,413		1,57,550
(ii) RBI Credit to Banks & Comm. Sector	2,497	1,328	—		–11,074		–1,169		10,531		–11,775
o/w : to Banks (includes NABARD)	1,169	—	—		–10,299		–1,169		–1,131		–58
(iii) Net Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI*	12,31,949	12,04,658	–25,057	–2.0	–24,738	–1.9	–27,291	–2.2	–79,506	–6.0	–50,719	–4.0
(iv) Government's Currency Liabilities to the Public	10,919	10,919	—	—	66	0.7	—	—	801	8.6	798	7.9
(v) Net Non-Monetary Liabilities of RBI	3,10,301	2,71,403	–25,123	–8.5	–4,003	–1.0	–38,898	–12.5	91,680	31.4	–1,12,522	–29.3
* : Includes investments in foreign currency denominated bonds issued by IIFC(UK) since March 20, 2009. Note : Government Balances as on March 31, 2010 are before closure of accounts.