Reserve Money : Components and Sources

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Date: March 12, 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	Mar. 5	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Reserve Money	3029707	3432318	53713	1.6	252501	9.1	402611	13.3	346046	12.9	409336	13.5
1 Components (1.1+1.2+1.3)
1.1 Currency in Circulation	2447312	2843440	6835	0.2	237392	11.1	396129	16.2	242321	11.4	469278	19.8
1.2 Bankers' Deposits with RBI	543888	545332	48106	9.7	10084	1.7	1444	0.3	94157	18.2	-66721	–10.9
1.3 ‘Other’ Deposits with RBI	38507	43546	-1228	–2.7	5025	15.8	5039	13.1	9568	35.2	6779	18.4
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)
2.1 Net RBI Credit to Government	992192	1113495	48668		235460		121303		126466		76084
2.1.1 Net RBI Credit to Centre	989741	1101424	40492		229741		111683		124402		71210
2.2 RBI Credit to Banks & Commercial Sector	-200893	-567075	22332		-437332		-366182		-317151		-282594
2.2.1 RBI's Net Claims on Banks	-214059	-575717	22315		-425748		-361658		-312729		-287457
2.3 Net Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI	3590402	4218095	-68612	–1.6	738627	25.9	627693	17.5	774077	27.5	630881	17.6
2.4 Government’s Currency Liabilities to the Public	26348	26747			427	1.7	399	1.5	473	1.8	432	1.6
2.5 Net Non-Monetary Liabilities of RBI	1378342	1358944	-51325	–3.6	284681	26.9	-19398	–1.4	237819	21.5	15468	1.2