TABLE 3.1
                                                          
					Sources of Change in Money Stock (M3)
							Variations during1
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		 			Financial Year	      Annual		Financial Year	        Annual
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				1995-96	1995-96	1996-97	 1995-96 1996-97   1995-96 1995-96 1996-97  1995-96 1996-97
				Mar.31	Mar.31	Mar.31	 Jan.20	 Jan.19	   Mar.31  Mar.31  Mar.31   Jan.20   Jan.19
				    to	    to	    to	     to	     to	       to      to      to       to	 to
				Mar.31	Jan.19	Jan.17	 Jan.19	 Jan.17	   Mar.31  Jan.19  Jan.17   Jan.19   Jan.17
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					   (Rs. crore)				   (Per cent)
I.  M1 (Money supply
    with the public)	        22106	 8163	11507	  25571	 25450	    11.5    4.2     5.4       14.6   12.7
II. M3 (Aggregate monetary
    resources)		        70409   43647	63697	  76756	 90459	    13.2    8.2    10.6       15.4   15.7
     i)Currency with the public	17480	15870	13084	  18886	 14694	    17.4   15.8	   11.1	      19.3   12.6
     ii)Demand deposits with
	   banks		 4669  -10649   -2507	   3545	 12811	     5.3  -12.1	   -2.7	       4.8   16.5
    iii)Time deposits with bank	48304	35485	52190	  51185	 65009	    14.2   10.5	   13.5	      15.8   17.4
     iv)Other deposits with RBI	  -43	 2942	  930	   3140	 -2055	    -1.3   86.9	   27.8	      98.6  -32.5
III.Sources of change in M3 (1+2+3+4-5)
1.  Net bank credit to
    Government (A+B)	        34991	28230	29464	  35062	 36225	    15.7   12.7	   11.4	      16.3   14.5
A)  RBI’s net credit to
    Government (i+ii)2	        19871	14961	 3986	  21121	  8896	    19.6   14.7     3.3	      22.2    7.6
	i) Central Government   19855	17091	 5608	  21106	  8372	    20.1   17.3	    4.7	      22.2    7.2
       ii) State Governments	   16	-2130	-1622	     15	   524	     0.6  -83.0	  -62.8	       3.6  120.5
B)  Other banks’ credit to
    Government	                15120	13269	25478	  13940	 27329	    12.5   11.0	   18.7	      11.6   20.4
2.  Bank credit to commercial
    sector (A+B)	        48179	33964	17974	  54413	 32189	    16.5   11.6	    5.3	      20.0    9.9
    A) RBI’s credit to commercial
       sector4		          262	  -93	 -568	    -72	  -213	     4.0   -1.4    -8.3	      -1.1   -3.3
    B) Other banks’ credit to
       commercial sector	47917	34057	18542	  54485	 32402	    16.7   11.9	    5.6	      20.5   10.1
3.  Net foreign exchange assets
    of the banking sector5	 -628	 -458	11481	   5345	 11311	    -0.8   -0.6	   14.9	       7.4   14.6
4.  Government’s currency liabilities
    to the public	            7	   58	  461	    271	   410	     0.3    2.4	   19.3	      12.5   16.8
5.  Banking Sector’s net
    non-monetary liabilities
    other than time deposits	12139	18146	-4317	  18335	-10324	    19.0   28.4	   -5.7	      28.8  -12.6
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1.  Data for RBI relate to March 31 after closure of Government  Accounts.  Variations  in  respect  of  scheduled 
    commercial banks are based on data for last reporting Friday of March. The data for  1995-96  are not strictly 
    comparable with those of 1994-95, as M3 data for 1994-95  include  scheduled  commercial  banks’ data  for  27  
    fortnights while for data for 1995-96 include 26 fortnights.All figures are provisional.
2.  Includes special securities.
3.  Includes  Rs.751.64 crore (equivalent of SDR 211.95 million) incurred on account of Reserve Asset subscription
    to the IMF towards the quota increase.
4.  Excludes, since the establishment of NABARD  on July 12, 1982, its refinance to banks.
5.  Inclusive of appreciation in the value of gold following its  revaluation close to  international market price
    effective October 17,1990. Such appreciation has a corresponding effect on RBI’s net non-monetary liabilities.
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