Reserve Money : Components and Sources

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Date: February 21, 2020

(₹ Crore)
Item	Outstanding as on		Variation over
	2019	2020	Week		Financial Year so far				Year-on-Year
	2019	2020	Week		2018-19		2019-20		2019		2020
	Mar 31	Feb. 14	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Reserve Money	2770481	2977847	33798	1.1	239376	9.9	207365	7.5	378103	16.6	319691	12.0
1 Components (1.1+1.2+1.3)
1.1 Currency in Circulation	2136770	2346696	9171	0.4	276368	15.1	209925	9.8	327975	18.4	240980	11.4
1.2 Bankers' Deposits with RBI	601969	597724	24647	4.3	-39287	–6.9	-4245	–0.7	44021	9.1	71486	13.6
1.3 ‘Other’ Deposits with RBI	31742	33427	-20	–0.1	2295	9.6	1685	5.3	6107	30.4	7225	27.6
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)
2.1 Net RBI Credit to Government	801951	997547	-18010		397083		195596		456337		124500
2.1.1 Net RBI Credit to Centre	800473	989188	-16484		394711		188715		453245		120191
2.2 RBI Credit to Banks & Commercial Sector	152851	-289581	23681		7574		-442432		55666		-360528
2.2.1 RBI's Net Claims on Banks	137488	-293691	25951		13531		-431179		55536		-356570
2.3 Net Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI	2848587	3396371	27228	0.8	74235	2.7	547784	19.2	140728	5.2	561355	19.8
2.4 Government’s Currency Liabilities to the Public	25887	26280			172	0.7	392	1.5	185	0.7	456	1.8
2.5 Net Non-Monetary Liabilities of RBI	1058795	1152770	-899	–0.1	239688	26.4	93975	8.9	274813	31.5	6092	0.5