MUMBAI, India, March 20 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release:

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2025 2026 Variation Mar. 14 Mar. 06 Mar. 13 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 23828 36708 21412 -15296 -2416 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

2. Foreign Exchange Reserves* Item As on Mar. 13, 2026 Variation over Week End-March 2025 Year ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Total Reserves 6561849 709759 -13778 -7052 849709 41433 869059 55488 1.1 Foreign Currency Assets # 5136326 555568 -30596 -7678 285492 -11990 288291 -1619 1.2 Gold 1208169 130681 15457 664 540006 52504 560895 56289 1.3 SDRs 172857 18697 1132 -23 17568 528 13963 435 1.4 Reserve Position in the IMF 44497 4814 230 -15 6642 390 5910 383 * Difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

# Excludes (a) SDR holdings of the Reserve Bank, as they are included under the SDR holdings; (b) investment in bonds issued by IIFC (UK); (c) amounts lent under SAARC and ACU currency swap arrangements; and (d) RBI's contribution to funding of Nexus Global Payments.

4. Scheduled Commercial Banks - Business in India (₹ Crore) Item Outstanding as on Feb. 28, 2026 Variation over Fortnight Financial year so far Year-on-Year 2024-25 2025-26 2025 2026 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 Liabilities to Others 2.1 Aggregate Deposits 25190181 416421 2034892 2609579 2090036 2680063 2.1a Growth (Per cent) 1.7 9.9 11.6 10.2 11.9 2.1.1 Demand 3221373 201268 97623 523324 166926 679896 2.1.2 Time 21968808 215153 1937268 2086256 1923110 2000166 2.2 Borrowings 883002 -22161 161165 -32246 176240 -56105 2.3 Other Demand and Time Liabilities 1121192 -8168 117298 59560 107045 66466 7 Bank Credit 20754078 322547 1693249 2510105 1811854 2628665 7.1a Growth (Per cent) 1.6 10.3 13.8 11.1 14.5 7a.1 Food Credit 82643 -2663 19471 46112 10849 40091 7a.2 Non-food credit 20671435 325210 1673777 2463993 1801005 2588574 Note: Data include the impact of merger of a non-bank with a bank w.e.f. July 1, 2023.

As per the Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025, the definition of fortnight has been revised from alternate Fridays to 15th and last calendar day of a month, w.e.f. December 15, 2025.

6. Money Stock: Components and Sources (₹ Crore) Item Outstanding as on Variation over 2025 2026 Fortnight^ Financial Year so far Year-on-Year 2024-25 2025-26 2025 2026 Mar. 31 Feb. 28* Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M3 27286589 30298040 443300 1.5 2227988 8.9 3011451 11.0 2320143 9.3 3130192 11.5 1 Components (1.1.+1.2+1.3+1.4) 1.1 Currency with the Public 3630751 3985994 26815 0.7 179212 5.3 355243 9.8 206687 6.1 396507 11.0 1.2 Demand Deposits with Banks 2840023 3370619 201449 6.4 96370 3.7 530597 18.7 164108 6.5 687361 25.6 1.3 Time Deposits with Banks 20702508 22823504 216636 1.0 1938158 10.3 2120995 10.2 1924115 10.2 2037185 9.8 1.4 'Other' Deposits with Reserve Bank 113307 117922 -1600 -1.3 14248 15.1 4616 4.1 25232 30.2 9138 8.4 2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5) 2.1 Net Bank Credit to Government 8510825 9180652 134387 1.5 714464 9.4 669827 7.9 776265 10.3 862617 10.4 2.1.1 Reserve Bank 1508105 1913185 40892 - 81337 - 405080 - 140278 - 638636 - 2.1.2 Other Banks 7002720 7267467 93495 1.3 633127 9.9 264747 3.8 635988 9.9 223981 3.2 2.2 Bank Credit to Commercial Sector 19068129 21588572 325914 1.5 1732594 10.1 2520443 13.2 1861909 10.9 2653147 14.0 2.2.1 Reserve Bank 38246 11593 50 - 12537 - -26652 - 15543 - -15350 - 2.2.2 Other Banks 19029883 21576979 325864 1.5 1720056 10.0 2547096 13.4 1846367 10.8 2668497 14.1 Note: Data include the impact of merger of a non-bank with a bank w.e.f. July 14, 2023.

^: With respect to February 15, 2026.

*: With the change in the definition of fortnight vide The Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025, data for money supply are published for the 15th and the last day of the month, effective December 15, 2025.

8. Liquidity Operations by RBI (₹ Crore) Date Liquidity Adjustment Facility Standing Liquidity Facilities OMO (Outright) Net Injection (+)/ Absorption (-)

(1+3+5+7+9-2-4-6-8) Repo Reverse Repo Variable Rate Repo Variable Rate Reverse Repo MSF SDF Sale Purchase 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mar. 09, 2026 - - - - 138 343189 - - 7950 -335101 Mar. 10, 2026 - - - - 299 398376 -179 - 50000 -348256 Mar. 11, 2026 - - - - 344 363162 -845 - - -363663 Mar. 12, 2026 - - - - 125 371547 - - 6440 -364982 Mar. 13, 2026 - - - - 127 336969 534 - 5140 -331168 Mar. 14, 2026 - - - - 154 313868 - - - -313714 Mar. 15, 2026 - - - - 397 313385 - - - -312988 SDF: Standing Deposit Facility; MSF: Marginal Standing Facility. Ajit Prasad

Deputy General Manager

(Communications)

Press Release: 2025-2026/2293

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