**Executive Summary**
This document is an extract from the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Weekly Statistical Supplement, dated October 31, 2025. It presents provisional data on key financial indicators, including the Reserve Bank of India's liabilities and assets, foreign exchange reserves, and scheduled commercial banks' business in India. The report includes variations over the week, financial year-to-date, and year-on-year.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets:**
* Loans and Advances: Central Government and State Governments.
* Data are provisional, with differences due to rounding off.
* **Foreign Exchange Reserves (as on Oct. 24, 2025):**
* Total Reserves, Foreign Currency Assets, Gold, SDRs and Reserve Position in the IMF.
* Values are expressed in both Rupees (Cr) and US$ Million.
* Variations over the week, end-March 2025, and year are provided.
* Excludes specific holdings and investments.
* **Scheduled Commercial Banks - Business in India (Outstanding as on Oct. 17, 2025):**
* Liabilities to Others: Aggregate Deposits (Demand and Time), Borrowings, Other Demand and Time Liabilities.
* Bank Credit (Food and Non-food credit).
* Data include the impact of merger of a non-bank with a bank effective July 1, 2023.
* Variations are reported as Fortnight, Financial year 2024-25, Financial year 2025-26 and Year-on-Year.
* **Money Stock: Components and Sources (Outstanding as on Oct. 17, 2025):**
* M3 Components: Currency with the Public, Demand Deposits with Banks, Time Deposits with Banks, Other Deposits with Reserve Bank.
* M3 Sources: Net Bank Credit to Government, Bank Credit to Commercial Sector.
* Variations are reported as Fortnight, Financial year 2024-25, Financial year 2025-26 and Year-on-Year.
* **Liquidity Operations by RBI:**
* Data on Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF), Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) and Marginal Standing Facility (MSF).
* Includes the total amount of Rupees and Net Injection / Absorption.
**Impact Analysis**
* **Reserve Bank of India:**
* **Impact:** The document provides information on the RBI's assets, liabilities, and foreign exchange reserves.
* **Action Required:** No specific action is explicitly stated.
* **Scheduled Commercial Banks:**
* **Impact:** Provides data on the banks business in India.
* **Action Required:** No specific action is explicitly stated.
* **Government:**
* **Impact:** The document provides information on government borrowings from banks.
* **Action Required:** No specific action is explicitly stated.
* **Financial Analysts / Economists:**
* **Impact:** The document offers data and metrics for analysis of the financial and economic situation in India.
* **Action Required:** No specific action is explicitly stated.
Key Entities Referenced
Reserve Bank of India (RBI): Central bank of India; primary entity issuing the statistical bulletin and managing monetary policy.
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Critical component of India's financial stability; tracked and reported on.
Scheduled Commercial Banks: Banks regulated by RBI whose business activity within India is described.
Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF): Monetary policy instrument used by RBI to manage short-term liquidity.