The Reserve Bank of India has launched the 67th round of its Order Books, Inventories and Capacity Utilisation Survey (OBICUS). The survey is for the reference period July - September 2024 (Q2:2024-25).

The Reserve Bank of India today released on its website the results of the following Surveys: i) Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS) – September 2024 ii) Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) – September 2024 iii) OBICUS Survey on manufacturing sector – Q1:2024-25

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended October 04, 2024.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Sep. 29 Sep. 20 Sep. 27 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 11606 26447 24412 -2034 12806 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended September 27, 2024 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended September 20, 2024.

Today the Reserve Bank of India placed on its website a Working Paper titled, “Vegetables Inflation in India: A Study of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP)” under the Reserve Bank of India Working Paper Series . The paper is co-authored by Ranjana Roy, Sanchit Gupta, Harsh Wardhan, Suvendu Sarkar, Soumasree Tewari, Rohan Bansal, Shelja Bhatia and Ashok Gulati.

Today the Reserve Bank of India placed on its website a Working Paper titled, “Pulses Inflation in India: A Study of Gram, Tur and Moong” under the Reserve Bank of India Working Paper Series . The paper is co-authored by Shyma Jose, Sanchit Gupta, Manish Kumar Prasad, Sandip Das, Asish Thomas George, Thangzason Sonna, D. Suganthi and Ashok Gulati.

Today the Reserve Bank of India placed on its website a Working Paper titled, “Price Dynamics and Value Chain of Fruits in India: A Study of Grapes, Bananas and Mangoes” under the Reserve Bank of India Working Paper Series . The paper is co-authored by Raya Das, Ranjana Roy, Sanchit Gupta, Sanjib Bordoloi, Rishabh Kumar, Renjith Mohan and Ashok Gulati.

Today the Reserve Bank of India placed on its website a Working Paper titled, “Livestock and Poultry Inflation in India: A Study of Milk, Poultry Meat and Eggs” under the Reserve Bank of India Working Paper Series . The paper is co-authored by Shyma Jose, Manish Kumar Prasad, Sabarni Chowdhury, Binod B. Bhoi, Vimal Kishore, Himani Shekhar and Ashok Gulati.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 22-Sep-2023 06-Sep-2024* 20-Sep-2024* 22-Sep-2023 06-Sep-2024* 20-Sep-2024* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 238947.16 298116.19 305242.17 241286.78 302401.77 309870.91** b) Borrowings from banks 195119.20 128865.30 134120.98 195203.10 129153.89 134244.47 c) Other demand & time liabilities 70559.31 23518.75 22914.77 70625.00 23846.90 23226.77

The Reserve Bank of India today placed on its website the Report of the Committee on MIBOR Benchmark (Chairperson: Shri R. Subramanian). The Committee was set up to review the Rupee interest rate benchmarks in the country, especially the usage of Mumbai Interbank Outright Rate (MIBOR) and to examine the need for transition to new benchmarks.

Today, the Reserve Bank of India released on its website the DRG Study titled, “Monetary Policy Transmission and Labour Markets in India.” The study is co-authored by Chetan Ghate, Satadru Das, Debojyoti Mazumder, Sreerupa Sengupta, and Satyarth Singh.

Today, the Reserve Bank of India releases Volume 44, No.2, 2023 of its Occasional Papers, a research journal containing contributions from its staff. This issue contains three articles and three book reviews. Articles: 1. Cross-border Capital Flows and Sudden Stops: Lessons from Emerging Market Economies

Today, the Reserve Bank released data relating to India’s International Investment Position for end-June 2024[1]. Key Features of India’s IIP in end-June 2024: Net claims of non-residents on India increased by US$ 6.7 billion during Q1:2024-25 to US$ 368.3 billion in June 2024. •    The rise in net claims of non-residents during the quarter was due to higher increase in foreign-owned assets in India (US$ 28.8 billion) vis-à-vis that in Indian residents’ overseas financial assets (US$ 22.1 billion) (Table 1). •    Inward direct investment was the largest contributor to the rise in foreign liabilities during April-June 2024 followed by currency and deposits, loans and trade credit. 

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of September 2024 are set out in Tables 1 to 7. Highlights:

The value of exports and imports of services during August 2024 is given in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) April – 2024 30,179 (17.1) 16,749 (20.0) May – 2024 29,614 (9.7) 16,863 (6.2)

The stock of external debt at end-June 2024 as well as revised data for earlier quarters are set out in Statements I (IMF format ) and II (old format). The major developments relating to India’s external debt as at end-June 2024 are presented below. Highlights • At end-June 2024, India’s external debt was placed at US$ 682.3 billion, an increase of US$ 13.3 billion over its level at end-March 2024 (Table 1).

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of August 2024 collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks, accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed by all scheduled commercial banks, are set out in Statements I and II.

Today, the Reserve Bank of India released the balance of payments (BoP) data for the first quarter (Q1), i.e., April-June of 2024-25 on its website (www.rbi.org.in). On the basis of these data, the sources of variation in foreign exchange reserves during April-June 2024 are detailed below in Table 1

Preliminary data on India’s balance of payments (BoP) for the first quarter (Q1), i.e., April-June 2024-25, are presented in Statements I and II. Key Features of India’s BoP in Q1:2024-25 • India’s current account deficit (CAD) widened marginally to US$ 9.7 billion (1.1 per cent of GDP) in Q1:2024-25 from US$ 8.9 billion (1.0 per cent of GDP) in Q1:2023-24 and against a surplus of US$ 4.6 billion (0.5 per cent of GDP) in Q4:2023-24.