Reserve Money : Components and Sources

Date: September 07, 2018

(₹ Billion)
Item	Outstanding as on		Variation over
	2018		Week		Financial Year so far				Year–on–Year
	2018		Week		2017-18		2018-19		2017		2018
	Mar. 31	Aug. 31	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Reserve Money	24,187.8	24,609.6	–205.6	-0.8	1,445.8	7.6	421.8	1.7	–1,412.9	–6.5	4,159.0	20.3
1 Components (1.1+1.2+1.3)
1.1 Currency in Circulation	18,293.5	19,276.3	–111.1	–0.6	2,297.9	17.2	982.9	5.4	–1,635.1	–9.5	3,625.8	23.2
1.2 Bankers' Deposits with RBI	5,655.3	5,086.6	–102.2	–2.0	–830.5	–15.3	–568.7	–10.1	178.1	4.0	475.8	10.3
1.3 ‘Other’ Deposits with RBI	239.1	246.7	7.7	3.2	–21.6	–10.2	7.6	3.2	44.1	30.4	57.4	30.3
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)
2.1 Net RBI Credit to Government	4,759.6	6,834.6	371.2		212.8		2,074.9		–964.6		413.7
2.1.1 Net RBI Credit to Centre	4,742.9	6,830.5	369.7		210.9		2,087.7		–962.8		423.7
2.2 RBI Credit to Banks & Commercial Sector	633.7	–212.3	–542.1		–83.0		–846.0		–2,236.8		2,963.5
2.2.1 RBI's Net Claims on Banks	493.5	–307.7	–540.8		–84.0		–801.2		–2,241.9		2,942.0
2.3 Net Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI	27,607.8	28,337.2	260.7	0.9	1,489.9	6.2	729.4	2.6	983.1	4.0	2,875.1	11.3
2.4 Government’s Currency Liabilities to the Public	256.5	257.0			3.3	1.3	0.5	0.2	24.5	10.7	2.8	1.1
2.5 Net Non-Monetary Liabilities of RBI	9,069.9	10,606.8	295.5	2.9	177.2	2.1	1,536.9	16.9	–781.0	–8.4	2,096.2	24.6