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
Oct. 3 Sep. 25 Oct. 2 Week Year
1 2 3 4 5
4 Loans and Advances          
4.1 Central Government – 0 0 0 0
4.2 State Governments 22137 8590 38414 29824 16277
* Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

2. Foreign Exchange Reserves*
Item As on October 2, 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 7073111 734606 -91176 -12952 519250 43498 858747 34645
1.1 Foreign Currency Assets # 5822889 604747 -74933 -10664 585522 52464 693899 27039
1.2 Gold 1024611 106413 -17131 -2288 -69698 -8983 147715 7643
1.3 SDRs 179636 18656 980 15 3047 35 12604 -157
1.4 Reserve Position in the IMF 45974 4789 -92 -15 379 -19 4528 121
* 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 Sep. 30, 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 28395693 772627 1517980 2166906 2178455 4297111
2.1a Growth (Per cent)   2.8 6.7 8.3 9.9 17.8
2.1.1 Demand 3736418 400307 374006 47145 480157 664364
2.1.2 Time 24659274 372320 1143975 2119761 1698298 3632747
2.2 Borrowings 977556 -13122 -59319 169639 192 121626
2.3 Other Demand and Time Liabilities 1237738 -242418 -14732 114216 78862 190838
7 Bank Credit 22994658 665399 1017360 1634760 1963554 3733325
7.1a Growth (Per cent)   3.0 5.6 7.7 11.4 19.4
7a.1 Food Credit 96286 -13435 6128 26015 24858 53627
7a.2 Non-food credit 22898371 678834 1011232 1608745 1938696 3679698
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 Sep. 30 Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount %
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
M3 31453126 33766475 699030 2.1 1608621 5.9 2313350 7.4 2526537 9.6 4871266 16.9
1 Components (1.1.+1.2+1.3+1.4)                        
1.1 Currency with the Public 4065488 4207251 -2920 -0.1 67741 1.9 141763 3.5 313085 9.2 508759 13.8
1.2 Demand Deposits with Banks 3844879 3890599 399124 11.4 377011 13.3 45719 1.2 481361 17.6 673565 20.9
1.3 Time Deposits with Banks 23410625 25541542 299110 1.2 1163323 5.6 2130917 9.1 1714097 8.5 3675711 16.8
1.4 ‘Other’ Deposits with Reserve Bank 132134 127084 3716 3.0 546 0.5 -5050 -3.8 17994 18.8 13231 11.6
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)                        
2.1 Net Bank Credit to Government 9369275 9415530 -135727 -1.4 223341 2.6 46255 0.5 843957 10.7 681364 7.8
2.1.1 Reserve Bank 2079086 1614152 -261820 30409   -464934   410538   75638  
2.1.2 Other Banks 7290189 7801378 126093 1.6 192933 2.8 511190 7.0 433418 6.4 605726 8.4
2.2 Bank Credit to Commercial Sector 22226641 23849938 602007 2.6 1000093 5.2 1623297 7.3 2004432 11.1 3781717 18.8
2.2.1 Reserve Bank 28247 6231 529   -25632   -22016   3898   -6383  
2.2.2 Other Banks 22198394 23843707 601478 2.6 1025725 5.4 1645314 7.4 2000534 11.1 3788099 18.9
Note: Data include the impact of merger of a non-bank with a bank w.e.f. July 14, 2023.
^: With respect to September 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
28-Sep-26 – – – 111711 201 224503 – 10 10 -336013
29-Sep-26 – – – 152818 5880 180469 -118 25000 – -352525
30-Sep-26 – – – 85424 6451 268919 -14 – – -347906
01-Oct-26 – – – 168055 824 131306 – – – -298537
02-Oct-26 – – – – 566 133321 – – – -132755
03-Oct-26 – – – – 1620 210276 – – – -208656
04-Oct-26 – – – – 478 203605 – – – -203127
SDF: Standing Deposit Facility; MSF: Marginal Standing Facility.

Ajit Prasad          
Deputy General Manager (Communications)    

Press Release: 2026-2027/1299