Reserve Money : Components and Sources

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Date: December 11, 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	Dec. 4	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Reserve Money	3029707	3325784	12650	0.4	115342	4.2	296077	9.8	338199	13.3	439961	15.2
1 Components (1.1+1.2+1.3)
1.1 Currency in Circulation	2447312	2773350	2654	0.1	138333	6.5	326038	13.3	261129	13.0	498246	21.9
1.2 Bankers' Deposits with RBI	543888	510556	13361	2.7	-23608	–3.9	-33332	–6.1	70089	13.8	-67805	–11.7
1.3 ‘Other’ Deposits with RBI	38507	41879	-3365	–7.4	617	1.9	3371	8.8	6981	27.5	9520	29.4
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)
2.1 Net RBI Credit to Government	992192	1091996	55495		262417		99804		283152		27628
2.1.1 Net RBI Credit to Centre	989741	1081462	47031		254866		91721		281080		26123
2.2 RBI Credit to Banks & Commercial Sector	-200893	-580056	-45747		-447320		-379163		-337641		-285587
2.2.1 RBI's Net Claims on Banks	-214059	-590932	-45448		-438851		-376873		-335701		-289569
2.3 Net Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI	3590402	4255119	8858	0.2	374076	13.1	664716	18.5	450117	16.2	1032456	32.0
2.4 Government’s Currency Liabilities to the Public	26348	26541			291	1.1	193	0.7	392	1.5	362	1.4
2.5 Net Non-Monetary Liabilities of RBI	1378342	1467815	5956	0.4	74122	7.0	89473	6.5	57821	5.4	334898	29.6