Table 1: Monetary Trends                                           (Rs crore)  
Money Supply Outstand- Fiscal Year Variations
ing as on
  Mar 31,05 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-00 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97 1995-96
M3 2269156 266054 285143 219603 185135 189046 143215 159627 125321 96821 71596
(13.3) (16.6) (14.7) (14.1) (16.8) (14.6) (19.4) (18.0) (16.2) (13.6)
        Excl: RIB,IMD,merger and 2222664 262485 315498 189932 185135 163384 143215 141682 125321 96821 71596
         conversion (13.4) (19.2) (13.1) (14.6) (14.8) (14.9) (17.3) (18.0) (16.2) (13.6)
Components
     Curency with the public 357424 41931 43912 30786 31245 20468 20138 23365 13492 13829 17577
(13.3) (16.2) (12.8) (14.9) (10.8) (11.9) (16.0) (10.2) (11.7) (17.5)
     Demand deposits with banks 297088 41049 57282 19558 12929 16589 13293 17663 13391 12101 5040
(16.0) (28.8) (10.9) (7.8) (11.1) (9.7) (14.9) (12.7) (13.0) (5.7)
     Time deposits with banks 1608161 181710 182072 168867 141741 151393 110486 118404 98091 71041 49018
(12.7) (16.3) (16.0) (15.5) (19.8) (16.9) (18.2) (21.5) (18.5) (14.6)
       Excl:RIB+IMD+Merger+Conversion 1561669 178141 212427 139196 141741 125731 110486 100459 98091 71041 49018
(12.9) (18.1) (13.5) (15.9) (16.4) (16.9) (18.2) (21.5) (18.5) (14.6)
         of which: Non-Resident Foreign  76133* 797 -17170 8910 -4546 31178 5798 na na na na
              Currency Deposits (1.1) (-18.6) (10.7) (-5.2) (54.7) (11.3)
     Other deposits with RBI 6483 1364 1877 392 -780 596 -702 195 347 -150 -39
(26.6) (57.9) (13.8) -(21.5) (19.6) -(18.8) (5.5) (10.9) -(4.5) -(1.2)
Sources
     Net Bank credit to government 762496 16997 68975 86959 77610 70576 54702 56080 41977 30842 35359
(2.3) (10.2) (14.7) (15.2) (16.0) (14.1) (17.0) (14.5) (12.0) (15.9)
       Excl:Conversion 750303 4804 68975 86959 77610 70576 54702 56080 41977 30842 35359
(0.6) (10.2) (14.7) (15.2) (16.0) (14.1) (17.0) (14.5) (12.0) (15.9)
        RBI -12197 -57104 -75773 -31498 -1699 5613 -4275 17379 10979 2832 19871
-(127.2) -(62.8) -(20.7) -(1.1) (3.8) -(2.8) (12.9) (8.8) (2.3) (19.6)
        Other banks 774694 74103 144747 118457 79309 64963 58977 38701 30998 28010 15488
(10.6) (26.0) (27.1) (22.1) (22.2) (25.2) (19.8) (18.9) (20.5) (12.8)
     Bank credit to commercial sector 1275027 257125 118922 139333 80428 92655 90574 62680 57003 31659 51924
(25.3) (13.2) (18.3) (11.8) (15.8) (18.3) (14.5) (15.1) (9.2) (17.7)
       Excl: Conversion 1242345 224443 118922 139333 80428 92655 90574 62680 57003 31659 51924
(22.0) (13.2) (18.3) (11.8) (15.8) (18.3) (14.5) (15.1) (9.2) (17.7)
        RBI 1389 -672 -987 -2881 -7358 -1983 3044 4040 1939 -608 262
-(32.6) -(32.4) -(48.6) -(55.4) -(13.0) (24.9) (49.4) (31.0) -(8.9) (4.0)
     Other banks 1273637 257796 119909 142214 87786 94638 87530 58640 55064 32267 51662
(25.4) (13.4) (18.9) (13.2) (16.6) (18.1) (13.8) (14.9) (9.6) (18.1)
     Net foreign exchange assets  651998 125412 132871 82680 61215 44172 27795 39758 32599 23355 3109
      of banking sector (23.8) (33.7) (26.6) (24.5) (21.5) (15.6) (28.8) (30.9) (28.4) (3.9)
     Govt's currency liabilities 7436 140 225 705 1012 776 732 494 434 415 124
(1.9) (3.2) (11.1) (18.9) (17.0) (19.0) (14.7) (14.9) (16.6) (5.2)
     Banking sectors net non monetary  427801 133620 35850 90074 35130 19133 30588 -615 6692 -10550 18920
      liabilities (45.4) (13.9) (53.5) (26.4) (16.8) (36.7) -(0.7) (8.7) -(12.0) (27.4)
        Net non monetary liabilities of RBI 125548 17963 -19556 25921 21875 9123 9682 17258 8098 2887 2939
(16.7) -(15.4) (25.6) (27.6) (13.0) (16.0) (39.9) (23.0) (8.9) (10.0)
Reserve Money 489128 52616 67451 31090 34659 22757 21270 32882 26418 5528 25175
(12.1) (18.3) (9.2) (11.4) (8.1) (8.2) (14.5) (13.2) (2.8) (14.9)
     Currency in circulation 368649 41621 44555 31499 32769 21144 21215 24790 13839 14648 17888
(12.7) (15.8) (12.6) (15.0) (10.7) (12.1) (16.4) (10.1) (12.0) (17.1)
     Bankers' deposits with RBI 113996 9631 21019 -801 2670 1017 757 7897 12232 -8970 7326
(9.2) (25.2) -(1.0) (3.3) (1.3) (0.9) (11.0) (20.5) -(13.1) (12.0)
     RBI credit to banks incl: NABARD 5258 -161 -1741 -3588 -2217 -3820 3523 6166 91 -14950 8485
-(3.0) -(24.3) -(33.4) -(17.1) -(22.8) (26.6) (86.9) (1.3) -(68.1) (63.0)
     Net foreign exchange assets  612790 128377 126169 94275 66794 31295 27926 22064 21073 20725 -628
     of RBI   (26.5) (35.2) (35.7) (33.9) (18.9) (20.2) (19.0) (22.2) (28.0) -(0.8)
Money multiplier (M3/RM) (in multiples)
End-Period 4.64 4.59 4.65 4.43 4.33 4.01 3.78 3.63 3.48 3.08 3.12
Incremental   5.06 4.23 7.06 5.34 8.31 6.73 4.85 4.74 17.51 2.84