(Rs. crore)

Outstanding

Variation over

as on

Item

Financial year so far

1998

1999

Week

1997-98

1998-99

Year

Mar. 31#

Jan. 15#

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Reserve Money

2,26,233

2,50,538

3,534

1.4

8,166

4.1

24,304

10.7

42,386

20.4

Components (i+ii+iii)

(i) Currency in circulation

1,50,823

1,72,460

1,889

1.1

12,801

9.3

21,637

14.3

22,443

15.0

of which : cash with banks

5,641

3,830 *

(ii) Bankers' deposits with RBI

71,806

74,733

1,732

2.4

-5,333

-9.0

2,927

4.1

20,491

37.8

(iii) "Other" deposits with RBI

3,604

3,344

-86

698

-260

-547

Sources (i+ii+iii+iv-v)

(i) Net RBI credit to Gover nment

1,35,160

1,53,240

305

0.2

3,164

2.5

18,080

13.4

25,895

20.3

of which : to Centre

1,33,617

1,51,310

945

5,367

17,693

25,240

(ii) RBI credit to banks & comm. sector

15,282

25,815

1,697

7.0

2,138

16.1

10,533

68.9

10,425

67.7

o/w : to banks (includes NABARD)

7,096

13,230

618

564

6,134

5,661

(iii) Net foreign exchange assets of RBI

1,15,890

1,29,099

1,353

1.1

12,893

13.6

13,209

11.4

21,389

19.9

(iv) Govt.'s currency liabilities to the public

3,120

3,561

—

311

441

332

(v) Net non-monetary liabilities of RBI

43,219

61,177

-180

10,340

17,958

15,654

* Data relate to scheduled commercial banks’ only.