Research and Data

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) indicating the comparative position for the month of June 2017 and July 2017 and for the month of July 2016 and July 2017 both under Automatic Route and the Approval Route, for the month of July 2017. Ajit Prasad Assistant Adviser Press Release: 2017-2018/519

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on External Commercial Borrowings (ECB), Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB) and Rupee Denominated Bonds (RDB) both, through Automatic Route and Approval Route, for the month of July 2017. Ajit Prasad Assistant Adviser Press Release: 2017-2018/509

The Reserve Bank of India has today released Lending Rates of Scheduled Commercial Banks based on data received during the month of July 2017. Ajit Prasad Assistant Adviser Press Release: 2017-2018/482

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Billion) Item 2016 2017 Variation Aug. 12 Aug. 4 Aug. 11 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and advances 4.1 Central Government – 554.05 – –554.05 – 4.2 State Governments 30.01 33.32 7.27 –26.06 –22.75 * Data are provisional. 2. Foreign Exchange Reserves Item As on August 11, 2017 Variation over Week End-March 2017 Year ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Total Reserves 25,252.1 393,6

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 5-Aug-16 21-JUL-2017 * 04-AUG-2017 * 5-Aug-16 21-JUL-2017 * 04-AUG-2017 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 1455.24 1502.91 1550.62 1522.52 1558.73 1606.50 ** b) Borrowings from banks 618.43 537.38 607.78 619.07 540.79 608.51 c) Other demand & time liabilities 73.53 34.46 58.22 73.53 35.41 59.67 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposit

The Reserve Bank of India has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended August 11, 2017. Ajit Prasad Assistant Adviser Press Release: 2017-2018/462

The Reserve Bank releases monthly data on India’s international trade in services with a lag of around 45 days. The value of exports and imports of services during the month of June 2017 are given in the following Table. Table: International Trade in Services (US$ Million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) April -2017 12,904 7,222 May-2017 13,430 7,615 June -2017 13,388 7,457 Note: Data are provisional. Monthly data on services are provisional and would unde

The Reserve Bank of India has launched the 79th round of the quarterly Industrial Outlook Survey (IOS) for reference period July-September 2017 (Q2:2017-18). The survey with a good size/industry representation gives an insight into the perception of the public and private limited companies engaged in manufacturing activities about their own performance and the prospects. The assessment of business sentiments for the current quarter and expectations for the ensuing qua

The Reserve Bank of India has launched the 2016-17 round of its Survey on Computer Software and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) Exports. The survey, conducted since 2002-03, collects data on various aspects of computer services exports as well as exports of information technology enabled services (ITES) and business process outsourcing (BPO). The survey results are released in the public domain, besides being used for compilation of balance of payments

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Billion) Item 2016 2017 Variation Aug. 5 Jul. 28 Aug. 4 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and advances 4.1 Central Government 420.30 – 554.05 554.05 133.75 4.2 State Governments 11.76 17.60 33.32 15.72 21.57 * Data are provisional. 2. Foreign Exchange Reserves Item As on August 4, 2017 Variation over Week End-March 2017 Year ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Total Reserves 25,070.7