(Numbers in million)

(Amount in Rupees crore)

Total Cheque

Centres managed by RBI

Year

Clearances

Total

of which

Mumbai

Calcutta

New Delhi

Chennai

Number

Amount

Number

Amount

Number

Amount

Number

Amount

Number

Amount

Number

Amount

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

1970-71

12

3,861

9

3,080

3

1,112

1

577

1

219

1

178

1971-72

13

4,588

10

3,592

3

1,231

1

639

1

274

1

207

1972-73

13

5,093

10

4,029

4

1,404

1

694

1

350

1

238

1973-74

15

5,966

11

4,721

4

1,715

1

761

1

370

1

292

1974-75

16

7,558

12

5,903

4

2,069

2

928

1

441

1

381

1975-76

19

8,910

14

6,954

4

2,287

2

1,060

1

683

1

436

1976-77

23

11,627

16

8,768

4

2,751

1

1,181

1

821

1

523

1977-78

27

13,711

18

10,202

5

3,229

2

1,243

1

910

1

586

1978-79

26

14,944

18

11,354

5

3,481

1

1,359

1

527

1

608

1979-80

26

19,079

18

14,158

5

4,049

1

1,624

1

1,196

1

694

1980-81

27

20,294

19

15,522

6

4,698

2

1,777

1

1,387

1

761

1981-82

30

25,377

21

19,137

6

5,693

2

2,151

2

1,752

1

791

1982-83

33

28,383

23

21,680

6

6,424

2

2,303

2

2,028

1

1,252

1983-84

34

32,083

25

24,579

6

6,734

2

2,626

3

2,892

1

1,429

1984-85

38

38,128

28

29,206

5

7,725

2

3,104

4

3,533

2

1,658

1985-86

43

43,134

32

33,719

5

9,498

3

3,585

5

4,328

2

1,861

1986-87

53

54,834

37

41,381

5

10,455

3

3,859

5

5,454

2

2,085

1987-88

59

60,386

40

45,359

7

10,897

2

4,406

5

5,807

2

2,358

1988-89

47

55,884

24

36,345

8

13,731

2

5,202

4

6,959

2

2,855

1989-90

590

9,26,174

335

6,03,304

119

1,85,467

32

81,477

56

1,07,942

33

1,19,705

1990-91

764

22,87,353

352

18,39,460

125

11,82,587

33

1,04,051

55

2,39,979

36

1,76,123

1991-92

868

34,04,254

413

29,22,990

146

20,22,122

40

1,28,250

66

3,95,748

40

1,96,638

1992-93

768

37,02,008

462

32,37,473

154

23,50,535

46

1,38,723

75

3,28,238

45

2,09,346

1993-94

761

38,68,913

474

31,98,789

167

21,46,405

45

1,57,629

75

4,10,704

46

2,24,718

1994-95

737

41,01,079

485

35,14,402

178

22,55,693

50

2,00,710

86

5,61,044

41

2,19,313

1995-96

759

46,24,640

440

38,02,485

161

23,75,141

44

2,04,398

78

6,16,334

44

2,50,926

1996-97

784

54,23,476

472

45,68,598

174

30,70,602

31

1,37,981

85

5,97,170

56

3,15,052

1997-98

858

65,98,150

504

55,62,533

179

38,06,421

51

2,51,088

88

6,49,204

56

3,42,050

1998-99

866

75,76,554

489

62,09,523

179

42,52,073

50

2,68,759

90

7,50,660

56

3,96,110

1999-00 P

887

92,03,906

513

78,67,380

180

55,87,215

51

3,18,420

97

8,47,094

51

4,30,104

P : Provisional

Please see Notes on Tables.