Reserve Money : Components and Sources

Date: January 29, 2021

(₹ Crore)
Item	Outstanding as on		Variation over
	2020	2021	Week		Financial Year so far				Year-on-Year
	2020	2021	Week		2019-20		2020-21		2020		2021
	Mar. 31	Jan. 22	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Reserve Money	3029707	3351895	-19412	-0.6	152634	5.5	322188	10.6	308338	11.8	428779	14.7
1 Components (1.1+1.2+1.3)
1.1 Currency in Circulation	2447312	2811139	772	0.0	170430	8.0	363828	14.9	245420	11.9	503939	21.8
1.2 Bankers' Deposits with RBI	543888	498025	-20323	–3.9	-20010	–3.3	-45863	–8.4	54821	10.4	-83934	–14.4
1.3 ‘Other’ Deposits with RBI	38507	42730	138	0.3	2214	7.0	4222	11.0	8097	31.3	8774	25.8
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)
2.1 Net RBI Credit to Government	992192	1014168	-37498		207320		21976		158213		4897
2.1.1 Net RBI Credit to Centre	989741	1008342	-33410		205606		18601		155898		2263
2.2 RBI Credit to Banks & Commercial Sector	-200893	-490451	20601		-430963		-289558		-327082		-212339
2.2.1 RBI's Net Claims on Banks	-214059	-498966	21427		-421614		-284907		-324918		-214840
2.3 Net Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI	3590402	4245756	-4871	–0.1	467345	16.4	655354	18.3	490922	17.4	929824	28.0
2.4 Government’s Currency Liabilities to the Public	26348	26618			351	1.4	271	1.0	415	1.6	380	1.4
2.5 Net Non-Monetary Liabilities of RBI	1378342	1444196	-2355	–0.2	91419	8.6	65854	4.8	14130	1.2	293982	25.6