RBI Press Release

Reserve Bank of India – Bulletin Weekly Statistical Supplement – Extract

1. Reserve Bank of India – Liabilities and Assets*
(₹ Crore)
Item 2025 2026 Variation
Aug. 29 Aug. 21 Aug. 28 Week Year
1 2 3 4 5
4 Loans and Advances          
4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0
4.2 State Governments 19623 10788 3116 -7672 -16507
* Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

2. Foreign Exchange Reserves*
Item As on Aug. 28, 2026 Variation over
Week End-March 2026 Year
₹ Cr. US$ Mn. ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. ₹ Cr. US$ Mn.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Total Reserves 7066658 740803 85328 11475 512797 49696 941303 46574
1.1 Foreign Currency Assets # 5729832 600670 69442 9337 492465 48387 577465 16733
1.2 Gold 1110438 116409 17111 2191 16129 1014 344835 29641
1.3 SDRs 179428 18810 -1031 -43 2839 188 13763 34
1.4 Reserve Position in the IMF 46960 4914 -193 -11 1365 106 5239 165
* Difference, if any, is due to rounding off.
# Excludes (a) SDR holdings of the Reserve Bank, as they are included under the SDR holdings; (b) investment in bonds issued by IIFC (UK); (c) amounts lent under SAARC and ACU currency swap arrangements; and (d) RBI’s contribution to funding of Nexus Global Payments.

4. Scheduled Commercial Banks – Business in India
(₹ Crore)
Item Outstanding as on Aug. 15, 2026 Variation over
Fortnight Financial Year so far Year-on-Year
2025-26 2026-27 2025 2026
1 2 3 4 5 6
2 Liabilities to Others            
2.1 Aggregate Deposits 26931346 -6534 891533 702559 2142491 3459212
2.1a Growth (Per cent)   – 3.9 2.7 10.0 14.7
2.1.1 Demand 3302392 -129278 148677 -386881 432165 455667
2.1.2 Time 23628953 122745 742856 1089440 1710325 3003545
2.2 Borrowings 891863 -19329 -75410 83946 -10800 52025
2.3 Other Demand and Time Liabilities 1162706 -33000 -36005 39184 117353 137079
7 Bank Credit 22007764 -70639 362194 647867 1725866 3401597
7.1a Growth (Per cent)   -0.3 2.0 3.0 10.2 18.3
7a.1 Food Credit 114136 -3694 15750 43865 24350 61855
7a.2 Non-food credit 21893628 -66945 346444 604002 1701516 3339743
Note: Data include the impact of merger of a non-bank with a bank w.e.f. July 1, 2023.
As per the Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025, the definition of fortnight has been revised from alternate Fridays to 15th and last calendar day of a month, w.e.f. December 15, 2025.

6. Money Stock: Components and Sources
(₹ Crore)
Item Outstanding as on Variation over
2026 Fortnight^ Financial Year so far Year-on-Year
2025-26 2026-27 2025 2026
Mar. 31 Aug. 15 Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount %
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
M3 31453126 32294503 16690 0.1 1002119 3.7 841377 2.7 2479106 9.6 4005795 14.2
1 Components (1.1.+1.2+1.3+1.4)                        
1.1 Currency with the Public 4065488 4207115 21670 0.5 96807 2.7 141627 3.5 302223 8.8 479556 12.9
1.2 Demand Deposits with Banks 3844879 3456330 -129903 -3.6 150085 5.3 -388549 -10.1 432362 16.9 466222 15.6
1.3 Time Deposits with Banks 23410625 24507426 123899 0.5 758811 3.7 1096801 4.7 1727501 8.8 3046106 14.2
1.4 ‘Other’ Deposits with Reserve Bank 132134 123632 1025 0.8 -3585 -3.2 -8502 -6.4 17020 18.4 13910 12.7
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)                        
2.1 Net Bank Credit to Government 9369275 9400786 41177 0.4 170457 2.0 31511 0.3 941374 12.2 719504 8.3
2.1.1 Reserve Bank 2079086 1880759 8061 107131   -198327   507485   265523  
2.1.2 Other Banks 7290189 7520027 33116 0.4 63326 0.9 229838 3.2 433889 6.5 453981 6.4
2.2 Bank Credit to Commercial Sector 22226641 22860557 -73167 -0.3 339490 1.8 633917 2.9 1763551 10.0 3452939 17.8
2.2.1 Reserve Bank 28247 12028 -3069   -25821   -16219   1985   -397  
2.2.2 Other Banks 22198394 22848529 -70098 -0.3 365311 1.9 650136 2.9 1761566 10.0 3453336 17.8
Note: Data include the impact of merger of a non-bank with a bank w.e.f. July 14, 2023.
^: With respect to July 31, 2026.

8. Liquidity Operations by RBI
(₹ Crore)
Date Liquidity Adjustment Facility Standing Liquidity Facilities OMO (Outright) Net Injection (+)/ Absorption (-)
(1+3+5+7+9-2-4-6-8)
Repo Reverse Repo Variable Rate Repo Variable Rate Reverse Repo MSF SDF Sale Purchase
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
24-Aug-26 – – – 141186 439 230750 -2155 – – -373652
25-Aug-26 – – – 98516 284 197130 -989 – – -296351
26-Aug-26 – – – – 397 191115 – – – -190718
27-Aug-26 – – – 142622 2401 149083 – – – -289304
28-Aug-26 – – – 152537 358 249945 – – – -402124
29-Aug-26 – – – – 1905 263990 – – – -262085
30-Aug-26 – – – – 1786 259918 – – – -258132
SDF: Standing Deposit Facility; MSF: Marginal Standing Facility.

Ajit Prasad          
Deputy General Manager
(Communications)    

Press Release: 2026-2027/1041