(Rs. crore)

Outstanding as on

Variation over

Financial year so far

Year-on-year

2002

Week

2001-2002

2002-2003

2001

2002

Item

Mar. 31#

Apr. 12#

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Reserve Money

3,37,825

3,33,101

10,669

3.3

–1,367

–0.5

–4,724

–1.4

26,201

9.5

31,156

10.3

Components (i+ii+iii)

(i)

Currency in circulation

2,50,833

2,59,911

5,061

2.0

9,468

4.3

9,078

3.6

21,884

10.6

32,239

14.2

(ii)

Bankers' deposits with RBI

84,147

70,850

5,910

9.1

–10,667

–13.1

–13,298

–15.8

3,975

5.9

40

0.1

(iii)

"Other" deposits with RBI

2,845

2,340

–301

–168

–505

343

–1,122

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

(i)

Net RBI credit to Government

1,54,471

1,53,725

9,689

6.7

3,503

2.3

–746

–0.5

1,924

1.2

–3,655

–2.3

of which : to Centre

1,46,028

1,47,081

10,598

3,552

1,054

1,117

–3,004

(ii)

RBI credit to banks & comm. sector

16,677

12,356

1,383 12.6

–4,596

–17.5

–4,320

–25.9

–131

–0.6

–9,299

–42.9

o/w : to banks (includes NABARD)

10,748

8,857

1,081

–405

–1,891

41

–3,703

(iii)

Net foreign exchange assets of RBI

2,63,969

2,67,992

1,573

0.6

3,019

1.5

4,023

1.5

32,932

19.7

67,798

33.9

(iv)

Govt.'s currency liabilities to the public

6,225

6,225

—

—

—

776

872

(v)

Net non-monetary liabilities of RBI

1,03,517

1,07,198

1,975

3,293

3,682

9,300

24,559

Government Balances as on March 31, 2002 are before closure of accounts.