Research and Data

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 January 2016 are given in the following Table. Table: International Trade in Services (US$ Million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) October 2015 13,344 7,013 November 2015 12,019 5,686 December 2015 14,038 7,187 January 2016 12,573 6,841 Note: Data are provisional. Monthly data on s

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on Overseas Direct Investment, both under Automatic Route and the Approval Route, for the month of February 2016. Ajit Prasad Assistant Adviser Press Release: 2015-2016/2161

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on Overseas Direct Investment, both under Automatic Route and the Approval Route, for the month of January 2016. Ajit Prasad Assistant Adviser Press Release: 2015-2016/2155

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets (₹ Billion) Item 2015 2016 Variation Mar. 6 Feb. 26 Mar. 4 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and advances 4.1 Central Government – – – – – 4.2 State Governments 19.31 15.39 0.61 –14.78 –18.70 2. Foreign Exchange Reserves Item As on March 4, 2016 Variation over Week End-March 2015 Year ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Total Reserves 23,500.6 350,863.9 –167.1 4,075.7 2,124.2 9,225.5 2,4

The Reserve Bank of India has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended March 04, 2016. Ajit Prasad Assistant Adviser Press Release: 2015-2016/2136

The Reserve Bank of India today placed on its website the publication ‘Basic Statistical Returns of Scheduled Commercial Banks in India – Volume 44’. ‘Basic Statistical Returns of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) in India’ provides granular data on different dimensions of deposits and credit of the banking sector. The information is collected from bank branches through Basic Statistical Returns - 1 & 2 (BSR-1&2), annually1. Under BSR-1, account level informat

The Reserve Bank of India today released March 2016 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The bulletin includes Speeches by the Top Management and Current Statistics. This issue also includes Report of the Advisory Committee on Ways and Means Advances to State Governments. Ajit Prasad Assistant Adviser Press Release: 2015-2016/2133

The Reserve Bank of India will announce the First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2016-17 on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 11.00 a.m. Alpana Killawala Principal Adviser Press Release: 2015-2016/2123

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets (₹ Billion) Item 2015 2016 Variation Feb. 27 Feb. 19 Feb. 26 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and advances 4.1 Central Government – – – – – 4.2 State Governments 5.61 31.16 15.39 –15.77 9.77 2. Foreign Exchange Reserves Item As on February 26, 2016 Variation over Week End-March 2015 Year ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. ₹ Bn. US$ Mn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Total Reserves 23,667.7 346,788.2 –159.0 –3,577.1 2,291.3 5,149.

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 20-FEB-2015 05-FEB-2016 * 19-FEB-2016 * 20-FEB-2015 05-FEB-2016 * 19-FEB-2016 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 1062.83 1565.28 1571.93 1113.55 1624.69 1631.57 ** b) Borrowings from banks 362.31 623.07 590.44 365.39 623.98 594.21 c) Other demand & time liabilities 57.68 98.31 65.5 57.74 98.31 65.55 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) De