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
Sep. 05 Aug. 28 Sep. 04 Week Year
1 2 3 4 5
4 Loans and Advances          
4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0
4.2 State Governments 44070 3116 27940 24824 -16130
* Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

2. Foreign Exchange Reserves*
Item As on Sep. 04, 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 7424473 785706 357815 44903 870612 94599 1261784 87438
1.1 Foreign Currency Assets # 6124821 648168 394989 47498 887454 95886 966446 63692
1.2 Gold 1075494 113816 -34944 -2594 -18816 -1580 278548 23517
1.3 SDRs 177703 18806 -1725 -4 1114 184 12294 64
1.4 Reserve Position in the IMF 46455 4916 -505 2 859 108 4495 166
* 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. 31, 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 27871530 940184 1088214 1642743 2118500 4202714
2.1a Growth (Per cent)   3.5 4.8 6.3 9.8 17.8
2.1.1 Demand 3448742 146349 193366 -240532 434172 557327
2.1.2 Time 24422788 793835 894848 1883275 1684328 3645388
2.2 Borrowings 997898 106035 -98679 189981 -27103 181329
2.3 Other Demand and Time Liabilities 1311123 148405 53863 187601 63148 195628
7 Bank Credit 22387567 379803 556713 1027670 1754084 3586881
7.1a Growth (Per cent)   1.7 3.1 4.8 10.3 19.1
7a.1 Food Credit 112042 -2094 9049 41770 24077 66461
7a.2 Non-food credit 22275525 381897 547664 985900 1730007 3520420
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. 31 Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount %
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
M3 31453126 33221648 927145 2.9 1189329 4.4 1768522 5.6 2465072 9.5 4745730 16.7
1 Components (1.1.+1.2+1.3+1.4)                        
1.1 Currency with the Public 4065488 4194110 -13005 -0.3 88238 2.4 128622 3.2 315027 9.3 475121 12.8
1.2 Demand Deposits with Banks 3844879 3602950 146620 4.2 195437 6.9 -241929 -6.3 435478 16.7 567491 18.7
1.3 Time Deposits with Banks 23410625 25301766 794340 3.2 908631 4.4 1891141 8.1 1697847 8.5 3690627 17.1
1.4 ‘Other’ Deposits with Reserve Bank 132134 122822 -811 -0.7 -2976 -2.6 -9312 -7.0 16721 17.9 12491 11.3
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)                        
2.1 Net Bank Credit to Government 9369275 9483883 83249 0.9 236246 2.8 114608 1.2 893056 11.4 736811 8.4
2.1.1 Reserve Bank 2079086 1889267 8508 – 99402 – -189819 – 442476 – 281760 –
2.1.2 Other Banks 7290189 7594616 74741 1.0 136844 2.0 304427 4.2 450581 6.7 455052 6.4
2.2 Bank Credit to Commercial Sector 22226641 23240519 379962 1.7 532090 2.8 1013878 4.6 1789361 10.0 3640301 18.6
2.2.1 Reserve Bank 28247 8459 -3569 – -28413 – -19788 – 980 – -1374 –
2.2.2 Other Banks 22198394 23232060 383531 1.7 560502 2.9 1033667 4.7 1788381 10.0 3641675 18.6
Note: Data include the impact of merger of a non-bank with a bank w.e.f. July 14, 2023.
^: With respect to August 15, 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
31-Aug-26 – – – 384465 551 287776 – – – -671690
01-Sep-26 – – – 374166 130 274154 -20 – – -648210
02-Sep-26 – – – 459843 139 267935 – – – -727639
03-Sep-26 – – – 553394 123 235571 – – – -788842
04-Sep-26 – – – 602394 123 228290 – – – -830561
05-Sep-26 – – – – 113 264113 – – – -264000
06-Sep-26 – – – – 292 246214 – – – -245922
SDF: Standing Deposit Facility; MSF: Marginal Standing Facility.

Ajit Prasad          
Deputy General Manager
(Communications)    

Press Release: 2026-2027/1103