Reserve Money : Components and Sources

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Date: March 13, 2015

(` Billion)
Item	Outstanding as on		Variation over
	2014	2015	Week		Financial Year so far				Year-on-Year
	2014	2015	Week		2013-14		2014-15		2014		2015
	Mar. 31	Mar. 6	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Reserve Money	17,327.4	18,412.6	248.3	1.4	1,277.4	8.4	1,085.2	6.3	1,665.6	11.3	1,986.4	12.1
1 Components (1.1+1.2+1.3)
1.1 Currency in Circulation	13,010.7	14,420.2	168.7	1.2	1,086.8	9.1	1,409.5	10.8	1,180.8	10.0	1,423.7	11.0
1.2 Bankers' Deposits with RBI	4,297.0	3,894.8	74.3	1.9	208.4	6.5	–402.2	–9.4	484.7	16.5	479.8	14.0
1.3 ‘Other’ Deposits with RBI	19.7	97.5	5.3	5.7	–17.8	–54.9	77.9	396.4	0.1	1.0	82.9	567.6
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)
2.1 Net RBI Credit to Government	6,987.1	4,826.5	457.6		964.8		–2,160.5		1,074.9		–2,044.1
2.1.1 Net RBI Credit to Centre	6,976.4	4,810.7	446.9		966.1		–2,165.7		1,077.0		–2,060.4
2.2 RBI Credit to Banks & Commercial Sector	574.9	422.1	–359.2		–44.6		–152.8		191.9		32.5
2.2.1 RBI's Net Claims on Banks	486.5	369.2	–352.5		–90.6		–117.3		135.9		56.3
2.3 Net Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI	18,025.3	20,848.5	104.7	0.5	2,135.5	13.7	2,823.3	15.7	2,249.4	14.5	3,132.4	17.7
2.4 Government’s Currency Liabilities to the Public	173.4	187.4	–	–	18.3	11.9	14.0	8.1	20.4	13.5	15.7	9.1
2.5 Net Non-Monetary Liabilities of RBI	8,433.2	7,871.9	–45.2	–0.6	1,796.7	25.9	–561.3	–6.7	1,870.9	27.3	–849.8	–9.7