Reserve Money : Components and Sources

Date: April 12, 2019

(₹ Billion)
Item	Outstanding as on		Variation over
	2019		Week		Financial Year so far				Year-on-Year
	2019		Week		2018-19		2019-20		2018		2019
	Mar. 31	Apr. 5	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Reserve Money	27,704.4	27,204.3	–650.5	-2.3	–676.4	–2.8	–500.1	–1.8	5,242.5	28.7	3,692.9	15.7
1 Components (1.1+1.2+1.3)
1.1 Currency in Circulation	21,367.2	21,481.8	85.8	0.4	132.2	0.7	114.6	0.5	4,809.1	35.3	3,056.2	16.6
1.2 Bankers' Deposits with RBI	6,019.7	5,437.2	–617.2	–10.2	–787.3	–13.9	–582.5	–9.7	395.0	8.8	569.2	11.7
1.3 ‘Other’ Deposits with RBI	317.4	285.2	–119.1	–29.5	–21.3	–8.9	–32.2	–10.1	38.4	21.4	67.5	31.0
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)
2.1 Net RBI Credit to Government	8,019.5	8,702.6	245.2		593.2		683.1		–1,595.5		3,349.9
2.1.1 Net RBI Credit to Centre	8,004.7	8,629.2	171.5		557.9		624.5		–1,638.8		3,328.5
2.2 RBI Credit to Banks & Commercial Sector	1,528.5	308.4	–870.2		–1,272.0		–1,220.1		3,956.4		946.7
2.2.1 RBI's Net Claims on Banks	1,374.9	164.0	–860.9		–1,255.4		–1,210.9		3,892.4		925.9
2.3 Net Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI	28,485.9	28,544.8	78.4	0.3	–1.0	0.0	58.9	0.2	3,851.2	16.2	938.0	3.4
2.4 Government’s Currency Liabilities to the Public	258.4	258.4	0.0		–0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.6	2.2	2.0	0.8
2.5 Net Non-Monetary Liabilities of RBI	10,588.0	10,610.0	104.0	1.0	–3.5	0.0	22.1	0.2	975.2	12.1	1,543.6	17.0