MUMBAI, India, May 22 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release:

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2025 2026 Variation May 16 May 08 May 15 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 36404 23957 26314 2358 -10090 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

2. Foreign Exchange Reserves* Item As on May 15, 2026 Variation over Week End-March 2026 Year ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. ₹ Cr. US$ Mn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Total Reserves 6611091 688894 24874 -8094 57230 -2213 745567 3165 1.1 Foreign Currency Assets # 5238870 545904 19048 -6483 1503 -6379 263606 -35748 1.2 Gold 1145045 119317 3036 -1536 50735 3921 450344 38100 1.3 SDRs 180649 18824 2303 -49 4060 203 22493 334 1.4 Reserve Position in the IMF 46527 4850 487 -25 931 42 9123 479 * 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 Apr. 30, 2026 Variation over Fortnight Financial year so far Year-on-Year 2025-26 2026-27 2025 2026 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 Liabilities to Others 2.1 Aggregate Deposits 25864099 216207 453644 -365818 2095865 2829853 2.1a Growth (Per cent) 0.8 2.0 -1.4 10.0 12.3 2.1.1 Demand 3299190 79631 220264 -388939 480723 380877 2.1.2 Time 22564909 136577 233380 23121 1615142 2448976 2.2 Borrowings 957180 64201 -46570 148971 88445 88501 2.3 Other Demand and Time Liabilities 1133308 62101 -43994 5254 114706 115670 7 Bank Credit 21211828 294122 40984 -148120 1653236 2926872 7.1a Growth (Per cent) 1.4 0.2 -0.7 9.9 16.0 7a.1 Food Credit 103915 35426 25915 33644 24666 41469 7a.2 Non-food credit 21107913 258696 15069 -181764 1628570 2885402 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 2026 Fortnight^ Financial Year so far Year-on-Year 2025-26 2026-27 2025 2026 Mar. 31* Apr. 30 Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M3 31465906 31159492 232901 0.8 538061 2.0 -306415 -1.0 2360988 9.3 3334841 12.0 1 Components (1.1.+1.2+1.3+1.4) 1.1 Currency with the Public 4067578 4161113 18605 0.4 82490 2.3 93536 2.3 243167 7.0 447872 12.1 1.2 Demand Deposits with Banks 3844879 3450512 78637 2.3 221804 7.8 -394367 -10.3 477899 18.5 388685 12.7 1.3 Time Deposits with Banks 23410625 23428590 135915 0.6 240722 1.2 17965 0.1 1622617 8.4 2485359 11.9 1.4 'Other' Deposits with Reserve Bank 142824 119276 -256 -0.2 -6955 -6.1 -23548 -16.5 17306 19.4 12925 12.2 2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5) 2.1 Net Bank Credit to Government 9328637 9488278 -95746 -1.0 161904 1.9 159642 1.7 1008461 13.2 815549 9.4 2.1.1 Reserve Bank 2038448 2233395 -138670 144497 194947 514096 580792 2.1.2 Other Banks 7290189 7254884 42924 0.6 17407 0.2 -35305 -0.5 494366 7.6 234757 3.3 2.2 Bank Credit to Commercial Sector 22226648 22059623 298709 1.4 25738 0.1 -167025 -0.8 1697723 9.8 2965756 15.5 2.2.1 Reserve Bank 28254 13912 2894 -17484 -14342 9490 -6850 2.2.2 Other Banks 22198394 22045711 295815 1.4 43222 0.2 -152683 -0.7 1688234 9.7 2972606 15.6 Note: Data include the impact of merger of a non-bank with a bank w.e.f. July 14, 2023.

^: With respect to April 15, 2026.

*: Data pertaining to Reserve Bank's balance sheet relate to March 30, 2026 as the balance sheet as on March 31, 2026 will be available only by end-May 2026.

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 May 11, 2026 - - - - 171 203015 - - - -202844 May 12, 2026 - - 7190 - 81 244226 - - - -236955 May 13, 2026 - - - - 39 239023 525 - - -238459 May 14, 2026 - - - - 37 233913 - - - -233876 May 15, 2026 - - - - 954 258313 - - - -257359 May 16, 2026 - - - - 1707 208712 - - - -207005 May 17, 2026 - - - - 1969 146865 - - - -144896 SDF: Standing Deposit Facility; MSF: Marginal Standing Facility. Ajit Prasad

Deputy General Manager

(Communications)

Press Release: 2026-2027/312

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