Reserve Money : Components and Sources

Date: February 24, 2017

(₹ Billion)
Item	Outstanding as on		Variation over
	2016	2017	Week		Financial Year so far				Year-on-Year
	2016	2017	Week		2015-16		2016-17		2016		2017
	Mar. 31	Feb. 17	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Reserve Money	21,807.4	16,060.2	277.3	1.8	1,352.7	7.0	–5,747.2	–26.4	2,566.9	14.2	–4,577.1	–22.2
1 Components (1.1+1.2+1.3)
1.1 Currency in Circulation	16,634.6	11,314.1	341.4	3.1	1,758.0	12.1	–5,320.6	–32.0	1,908.1	13.3	–4,927.1	–30.3
1.2 Bankers' Deposits with RBI	5,018.3	4,589.8	–63.4	–1.4	–530.7	–11.4	–428.5	–8.5	468.0	12.8	464.9	11.3
1.3 ‘Other’ Deposits with RBI	154.5	156.3	–0.7	–0.4	125.4	85.9	1.8	1.2	190.9	237.3	–115.0	–42.4
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)
2.1 Net RBI Credit to Government	4,250.0	4,921.7	613.3		799.5		671.8		–187.8		476.9
2.1.1 Net RBI Credit to Centre	4,245.6	4,913.0	627.1		810.0		667.4		–198.5		492.7
2.2 RBI Credit to Banks & Commercial Sector	3,045.4	–4,255.8	–351.5		–138.7		–7,301.2		1,135.4		–6,142.2
2.2.1 RBI's Net Claims on Banks	2,844.5	–4,303.5	–347.8		–70.5		–7,148.1		1,115.7		–6,109.6
2.3 Net Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI	23,834.8	24,341.1	33.7	0.1	2,593.1	12.2	506.4	2.1	3,230.4	15.7	475.3	2.0
2.4 Government’s Currency Liabilities to the Public	219.1	246.2	–	–	22.9	11.8	27.1	12.4	24.6	12.8	29.0	13.3
2.5 Net Non-Monetary Liabilities of RBI	9,541.7	9,193.0	18.2	0.2	1,924.1	24.5	–348.7	–3.7	1,635.6	20.1	–583.9	–6.0