Reserve Money : Components and Sources

Date: October 23, 2020

(₹ Crore)
Item	Outstanding as on		Variation over
	2020		Week		Financial Year so far				Year-on-Year
	2020		Week		2019-20		2020-21		2019		2020
	Mar. 31	Oct. 16	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Reserve Money	3029707	3230365	12401	0.4	90425	3.3	200659	6.6	324429	12.8	369459	12.9
1 Components (1.1+1.2+1.3)
1.1 Currency in Circulation	2447312	2706376	4759	0.2	89494	4.2	259064	10.6	257502	13.1	480112	21.6
1.2 Bankers' Deposits with RBI	543888	483520	10045	2.1	1021	0.2	-60368	–11.1	59452	10.9	-119470	–19.8
1.3 ‘Other’ Deposits with RBI	38507	40470	-2403	–5.6	-90	–0.3	1962	5.1	7474	30.9	8818	27.9
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)
2.1 Net RBI Credit to Government	992192	948664	23063		173831		-43528		310564		-27118
2.1.1 Net RBI Credit to Centre	989741	933840	23675		167123		-55901		309382		-33756
2.2 RBI Credit to Banks & Commercial Sector	-200893	-416751	-34839		-313246		-215858		-281367		-256356
2.2.1 RBI's Net Claims on Banks	-214059	-431556	-34840		-305563		-217497		-279837		-263481
2.3 Net Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI	3590402	4061127	31129	0.8	276877	9.7	470724	13.1	241474	8.4	935663	29.9
2.4 Government’s Currency Liabilities to the Public	26348	26451			158	0.6	103	0.4	348	1.4	406	1.6
2.5 Net Non-Monetary Liabilities of RBI	1378342	1389125	6952	0.5	47195	4.5	10783	0.8	-53409	–4.6	283135	25.6