Reserve Money : Components and Sources

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Date: March 27, 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	Mar. 20	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Reserve Money	2770481	3080356	51369	1.7	281663	11.6	309874	11.2	360583	15.4	379913	14.1
1 Components (1.1+1.2+1.3)
1.1 Currency in Circulation	2136770	2409593	9610	0.4	318616	17.4	272822	12.8	320222	17.5	261629	12.2
1.2 Bankers' Deposits with RBI	601969	633339	40510	6.8	-40019	–7.1	31370	5.2	34350	7.0	107833	20.5
1.3 ‘Other’ Deposits with RBI	31742	37424	1249	3.5	3066	12.8	5682	17.9	6011	28.7	10451	38.7
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)
2.1 Net RBI Credit to Government	801951	996015	-27910		403249		194064		456494		116802
2.1.1 Net RBI Credit to Centre	800473	993718	-24095		404444		193245		458427		114988
2.2 RBI Credit to Banks & Commercial Sector	152851	-164643	100238		3606		-317494		11915		-231622
2.2.1 RBI's Net Claims on Banks	137488	-168992	99619		8010		-306480		12804		-226350
2.3 Net Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI	2848587	3518215	-34750	–1.0	30065	1.1	669628	23.5	39486	1.4	727369	26.1
2.4 Government’s Currency Liabilities to the Public	25887	26315			190	0.7	427	1.7	203	0.8	473	1.8
2.5 Net Non-Monetary Liabilities of RBI	1058795	1295546	-13791	–1.1	155447	17.1	236751	22.4	147515	16.1	233109	21.9