Research and Data

Today, the Reserve Bank released data relating to India’s International Investment Position at end-June 2021. Key Features of India’s IIP in June 2021 Net claims of non-residents on India declined by US$ 24.3 billion during April-June 2021 to US$ 327.0 billion as at end-June 2021 (Table 1). Reserve assets accounted for 95 per cent of the increase of US$ 35.9 billion in Indian residents’ overseas financial assets during the quarter. Foreign-owned assets in India record

Earlier today, the Reserve Bank of India released balance of payments (BoP) data for April-June 2021 on its website (www.rbi.org.in). On the basis of these data, the sources of variation in foreign exchange reserves during April-June 2021 are detailed below. Sources of Variation in Foreign Exchange Reserves: April-June 2021 During April-June 2021, there was an increase in the foreign exchange reserves, the sources of which are set out in Table 1. Table 1: Sources of V

The stock of external debt at end-June 2021 as well as revised data for earlier quarters are set out in Statements I (old format) and II (IMF format)1. The major developments relating to India’s external debt as at end-June 2021 are presented below. Highlights At end-June 2021, India’s external debt was placed at US$ 571.3 billion, recording an increase of US$ 1.6 billion over its level at end-March 2021 (Table 1). The external debt to GDP ratio declined to 20.2 per c

Preliminary data on India’s balance of payments (BoP) for the first quarter (Q1), i.e., April-June 2021-22, are presented in Statements I (BPM6 format) and II (old format). Key Features of India’s BoP in Q1:2021-22 India’s current account balance recorded a surplus of US$ 6.5 billion (0.9 per cent of GDP) in Q1:2021-22 as against a deficit of US$ 8.1 billion (1.0 per cent of GDP) in Q4:2020-21 and a surplus of US$ 19.1 billion (3.7 per cent of GDP) a year ago [i.e. Q1

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit collected from select 33 scheduled commercial banks, accounting for about 90 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed by all scheduled commercial banks, for the month of August 2021, are set out in Statements I and II.On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit1 growth stood at 6.7 per cent in August 2021 as compared to 5.5 per cent in August 2020. Highlights of the sectoral deployment of bank credit are given

Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Returns (BSR)-1: Outstanding Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs), June 2021’ on its Database on Indian Economy (DBIE) portal (web-link: https://dbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=publications#!12). It captures various characteristics of bank credit such as occupation/activity and organisational sector of the borrower, type of account and interest rates. Data reported by

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 August 2021. Ajit Prasad Director Press Release: 2021-2022/948

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended September 24, 2021. Ajit Prasad Director Press Release: 2021-2022/952

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2020 2021 Variation Sep. 18 Sep. 10 Sep. 17 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - - - - - 4.2 State Governments 23430 12260 13300 1040 -10129 * Data are provisional. 2. Foreign Exchange Reserves Item As on September 17, 2021 Variation over Week End-March 2021 Year ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Total Reserves 4701267 639642 -13031 -1

(Amount in Crore of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS(Including RRBs and SFBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 11-SEP-2020 27-AUG-2021 * 10-SEP-2021 * 11-SEP-2020 27-AUG-2021 * 10-SEP-2021 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 219162.04 166519.52 167194.65 224216.43 170669.4 171401.50 ** b) Borrowings from banks 47901.71 49395.73 42664.66 47907.23 49402.23 42713.17 c) Other demand & time liabilities 15844.63 18335.65 18289.06 16033.47 18602