Reserve Money : Components and Sources

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Date: February 22, 2019

(₹ Billion)
Item	Outstanding as on		Variation over
	2018	2019	Week		Financial Year so far				Year–on–Year
	2018	2019	Week		2017-18		2018-19		2018		2019
	Mar. 31	Feb. 15	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Reserve Money	24,187.8	26,581.6	165.8	0.6	3,795.7	20.0	2,393.8	9.9	6,737.0	41.9	3,781.0	16.6
1 Components (1.1+1.2+1.3)
1.1 Currency in Circulation	18,293.5	21,057.2	118.0	0.6	4,424.7	33.1	2,763.7	15.1	6,460.0	57.1	3,279.7	18.4
1.2 Bankers' Deposits with RBI	5,655.3	5,262.4	48.5	0.9	–619.1	–11.4	–392.9	–6.9	232.4	5.1	440.2	9.1
1.3 ‘Other’ Deposits with RBI	239.1	262.0	–0.7	–0.3	–10.0	–4.7	23.0	9.6	44.6	28.5	61.1	30.4
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)
2.1 Net RBI Credit to Government	4,759.6	8,730.5	298.0		–2,041.0		3,970.8		–754.6		4,563.4
2.1.1 Net RBI Credit to Centre	4,742.9	8,690.0	311.9		–2,038.4		3,947.1		–755.5		4,532.5
2.2 RBI Credit to Banks & Commercial Sector	633.7	709.2	–125.4		3,245.6		75.4		4,408.7		556.4
2.2.1 RBI's Net Claims on Banks	493.5	628.8	–123.4		3,239.1		135.3		4,376.9		555.4
2.3 Net Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI	27,607.8	28,350.2	–4.9	0.0	2,970.8	12.4	742.4	2.7	2,601.7	10.7	1,407.3	5.2
2.4 Government’s Currency Liabilities to the Public	256.5	258.2			5.5	2.2	1.7	0.7	6.9	2.8	1.8	0.7
2.5 Net Non-Monetary Liabilities of RBI	9,069.9	11,466.8	1.8	0.0	385.2	4.6	2,396.9	26.4	–474.3	–5.2	2,748.1	31.5