Reserve Money : Components and Sources

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Date: March 19, 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. 12	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Reserve Money	3029707	3403459	-28859	-0.8	258505	9.3	373752	12.3	264522	9.6	374472	12.4
1 Components (1.1+1.2+1.3)
1.1 Currency in Circulation	2447312	2861209	17769	0.6	263212	12.3	413898	16.9	258449	12.1	461227	19.2
1.2 Bankers' Deposits with RBI	543888	496454	-48878	–9.0	-9140	–1.5	-47434	–8.7	-2339	–0.4	-96375	–16.3
1.3 ‘Other’ Deposits with RBI	38507	45796	2250	5.2	4433	14.0	7289	18.9	8412	30.3	9621	26.6
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)
2.1 Net RBI Credit to Government	992192	1070490	-43005		221974		78298		102599		46565
2.1.1 Net RBI Credit to Centre	989741	1062011	-39413		217340		72270		98138		44198
2.2 RBI Credit to Banks & Commercial Sector	-200893	-556746	10329		-417732		-355853		-356819		-291865
2.2.1 RBI's Net Claims on Banks	-214059	-565257	10460		-406099		-351198		-351741		-296646
2.3 Net Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI	3590402	4216469	-1626	0.0	704378	24.7	626066	17.4	745711	26.6	663503	18.7
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	1353501	-5443	–0.4	250542	23.7	-24841	–1.8	227442	21.0	44164	3.4