CURRENT STATISTICS

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Growth in monetary and banking indicators has moderated during the last decade, reflecting a slowdown in economic activity, especially in the second half of the decade ending 2014-15. Money supply growth, which
ranged between 16.8% and 21.5% in the first half of the decade decelerated to a range of 11.1%16.3% in the second half. The rate of accretion to aggregate deposits dwindled to between 11.4% and 15.9% from a range of
17.2%24.0%.

Macroeconomic Indicators
Variations (%)

Index of Industrial Production

(Base: 200405 = 100)

Weights February* Over

2015
Month
100.0
181.3
-4.1
14.2
130.7
-4.2
75.5
192.9
-3.9
8.8
255.9
-5.5
8.5
252.3
2.1
10.3
166.0
-6.1

General Index
Mining and Quarrying
Manufacturing
Capital Goods
Consumer Durables
Electricity
* Indices for the month are Quick Estimates.
Cost of Living Indices

Year-on-Year
Current Previous
5.0
-2.0
2.5
2.3
5.2
-3.9
8.8
-17.6
-3.4
-9.8
5.9
11.5

Latest
Month
2543
8033

Over
Month
0.4
0.0

March*
2015
176.1
239.6
249.4
202.2
252.1
187.3
153.9
170.1
216.9
181.2

Over
Month
0.2
-1.0
-0.4
-1.8
-3.7
3.3
-0.1
-0.4
-0.4

Fiscal Year So Far

201415
201314
2.8
-0.1
1.5
-0.7
2.2
-0.7
6.0
-2.6
-13.3
-12.3
9.0
6.2

201314
172.0(-0.1)
124.7(-0.6)
181.9(-0.8)
242.6(-3.6)
264.2(-12.2)
164.7(6.1)

Full Financial Year (Avg AprilMarch)

201213
201112
201011
172.2(1.1)
170.3(2.9) 165.5(8.2)
125.5(-2.3)
128.5(-2.0) 131.0(5.2)
183.3(1.3)
181.0(3.0) 175.7(9.0)
251.6(-6.0)
267.8(-4.0) 278.9(14.8)
301.1(2.0)
295.1(2.6) 287.7(14.2)
155.2(4.0)
149.3(8.2) 138.0(5.6)

200910
152.9(5.3)
124.5(7.9)
161.3(4.8)
243.0(1.0)
252.0(17.0)
130.8(6.1)

Variations (%): Point-to-Point

Full Fiscal Year
201112
201011
200910
8.6
8.8
14.9
6.8
9.1
15.8

Weights
201415 201314 201213
200809
2007-08
2006-07
6.3
6.7
11.4
8.0
7.9
6.7
Industrial Workers (IW) (2001=100)
100.0
Agricultural Labourers (AL) (198687=100)
100.0
5.2
8.4
12.6
9.5
7.9
9.5
Consumer Price Indices (CPI): (Base: 2012=100)*
Combined
0.3
5.2
8.3
10.4
9.4

General Index (All Groups)

100.0
1203
Food Price Index
39.1
1233
0.2
6.2
8.3
12.0
8.3

3
Miscellaneous
28.3
115
0.4
3.0
7.3
7.4
8.2

Rural
1213
0.3
5.6
8.9
10.5
8.7

Urban
1193
0.3
4.7
7.9
10.4
10.3

* The CSO, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation revised CPI base year from 2010=100 to 2012=100 and disseminate data for all-India and states/UTs separately for rural, urban and combined with effect from January 2015.
Note: Superscript numeral 3 denotes March 2015.
Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices in India
(Base: 200405 = 100)

Weights

All Commodities
Primary Articles
Food Articles
Non-Food Articles
Minerals
Fuel and Power
Manufactured Products
Food Products
Food Index (computed)
All Commodities (Monthly average basis)
* Figures for the latest two months are provisional.

100.0
20.1
14.3
4.3
1.5
14.9
65.0
10.0
24.3
100.0

Money and Banking (Rs crore)

Over Month

Money Supply (M3) (17 April)

Currency with Public
Deposit Money with Banks
of which: Demand Deposits
Time Deposits
Net Bank Credit to Government
Bank Credit to Commercial Sector
Net Foreign Exchange Assets
Banking Sectors Net Non-Monetary Liabilities
of which: RBIs
Reserve Money (24 April)
Net RBI Credit to Centre
Scheduled Commercial Banks (17 April)
Aggregate Deposits
Demand
Time
Investments (for SLR purposes)
Bank Credit
Non-Food Credit
Capital Market
S&P BSE SENSEX (Base:197879=100)
S&P BSE-100 (Base: 198384=100)
S&P BSE-200 (198990=100)
CNX Nifty (Base: 3 Nov 1995=1000)
Net FII Investment in Equities (US $ Million)*
* Cumulative total since November 1992 untill period end.

Exports:

Year-on-Year

2015
10753090
1431830
9311730
897770
8413960
3170690
7087500
2204510
1729050
799600
1898870
434570

187100(1.8)
45140(3.3)
141950(1.5)
-1150(-0.1)
143100(1.7)
166260(5.5)
51710(0.7)
-1880(-0.1)
29690(1.7)
2920(0.4)
62510(3.4)
56090(-)

1065600(11.0)
140900(10.9)
917510(10.9)
70420(8.5)
847090(11.2)
115620(3.8)
618700(9.6)
241480(12.3)
-87830(-4.8)
-62920(-7.3)
201410(11.9)
-207130(-)

8720320
804150
7916170
2578430
6603920
6516790

134680(1.6)
740(0.1)
133940(1.7)
73190(2.9)
39240(0.6)
46530(0.7)

891820(11.4)
72860(10.0)
818970(11.5)
316060(14.0)
590880(9.8)
596440(10.1)

30 April 2015
27011(20.5)
8322(23.9)
3425(27.4)
8182(22.2)
169986(12.3)
March*
2015
149575
23951
223225
35745
28331
-73650
-11794

Foreign Trade

2014-15
-2.3
0.1
6.3
-7.1
-27.0
-12.6
-0.2
0.6
4.4
2.0

Month Ago
27976
8610
3537
8492
168072

Year Ago
22418(14.9)
6715(13.0)
2688(12.5)
6696(12.9)
151340(10.2)

201415
201314
1897026(-0.4) 1905011(16.6)
310534(-1.2) 314416 (4.7)
2734049(0.7) 2715434(1.7)
447548(-0.6) 450214 (-8.3)
309287(8.4) 285443 (-12.6)
-837023
-810422.81
-137014
-135797.9

Rs crore
US $ mn
Imports:
Rs crore
US $ mn
Non-POL
US $ mn
Balance of Trade: Rs crore
US $ mn
* Provisional figures.
Trade balance in services amounts to $6203 (Rs 38481.92 cr) in February 201415.

2013-14
6.0
7.3
9.6
4.9
-1.8
11.8
3.7
2.1
7.0
6.0

Full Financial Year

201213 201112
201011
5.7
7.7
9.7
7.4
10.4
13.4
8.6
10.1
9.4
9.3
-0.8
27.3
-2.0
34.5
15.2
7.8
12.8
12.5
4.3
5.2
7.4
7.5
6.2
2.4
8.2
8.7
6.8
7.4
8.9
9.6
Variation
Fiscal Year So Far
201516
201415
177420(1.7)
170100(1.8)
44840(3.2)
45110(3.6)
137630(1.5)
124610(1.5)
1420(0.2)
15370(1.9)
136210(1.6)
109240(1.5)
155570(5.2)
10200(0.3)
31690(0.4)
23500(0.4)
2400(0.1)
39080(2.0)
12250(0.7)
-97190(-5.1)
5440(0.7)
19200(2.3)
-29600(-1.5)
-35280(-2.0)
66020(-)
-55940(-)

134680(1.6)
740(0.1)
133940(1.7)
73200(2.9)
39240(0.6)
46540(0.7)
Fiscal Year So Far
Trough
Peak
27011
29044
8322
8980
3416
3691
8182
8834

200910
10.4
22.2
20.6
20.4
37.9
13.8
5.3
15.1
18.5
3.8

201415
1058280(11.1)
141170(11.3)
904490(10.9)
84370(10.4)
820120(11.0)
29750(-1.0)
610510(9.5)
278160(14.5)
-197270(-10.3)
-49160(-5.8)
195730(11.3)
-329090

200809
1.6
5.4
8.0
0.6
-2.8
-3.4
1.7
6.3
7.3
8.1

200708
7.7
9.6
5.6
16.3
28.2
7.4
7.1
8.4
6.7
4.7

Full Fiscal Year

201314
1127570(13.4)
104760(9.2)
1024100(14.1)
58760(7.8)
965340(14.9)
335850(12.4)
777440(13.7)
287290(17.6)
275010(16.8)
150820(21.8)
217850(14.4)
107140

Economic & Political Weekly

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may 9, 2015

vol l no 19

201213
1024980(13.9)
118420(11.6)
906140(14.3)
42240(5.9)
863900(15.3)
337320(14.2)
709420(14.3)
92880(6.0)
116530(7.7)
88650(14.7)
88540(6.2)
56080

122940(1.6)
880080(11.4)
955110(14.1)
841360(14.2)
17370(2.4)
89490(12.5)
51620(7.8)
36970(5.9)
105560(1.5)
790590(11.3)
903480(14.8)
804400(15.2)
49560(2.2)
292420(13.2)
206710(10.3)
268320(15.4)
18950(0.3)
570590(9.5)
733630(13.9)
648610(14.1)
24730(0.4)
574630(9.7)
731580(14.2)
633490(14.0)
201415
End of Fiscal Year
Trough
Peak
201415
201314
201213
22277
29682
27957(24.9) 22386(18.8)
18836(8.2)
6680
9107
8607(28.3)
6707(18.1)
5679(-38.0)
2678
3723
3538(31.9)
2681(17.2)
2288(6.0)
6653
8996
8491(26.7)
6704(18.0)
5683(7.3)

168116(12.3)
149745(9.9) 136304(23.4)

Full Fiscal Year

201213
201112
201011
200910
1634319(11.5) 1465959(28.3) 1142922(35.2)
845534(0.6)
300401(-1.8) 305964(21.8) 251136(40.5)
178751(-3.5)
2669162(13.8) 2345463(39.3) 1683467(23.4) 1363736(-0.8)
490737(0.3) 489320(32.3) 369769(28.2)
288373(-5.0)
326696(-2.3) 334352(26.7) 263805(31.1)
201237(-4.2)
-1034843
(879504)
-540545
-518202
-190336
-183356
-118633
-109621

200809
200708
200607
840754(28.2) 655863(14.7) 571779(25.3)
185295(13.6) 163132(29.0) 126361(22.6)
1374434(35.8) 1012312(20.4) 840506(27.3)
303696(20.7) 251654(35.5) 185749(24.5)
210029(22.2) 171940(33.5) 128790(22.4)
-533680
-356449
-268727
-118401
-88522
-59388

Variation Over
24 April
25 April 31 March
Fiscal Year So Far
Full Fiscal Year
2015
2014
2015
Month Ago
Year Ago
201516
201415
201415
201314
201213
201112
Rs crore
2053630
1751030 2010400
49420
302600
43230
63290
322660
251570
82800
108086
US $ mn
324269
286507
321309
4026
37763
2961
5684
40486
16769
-485
-14361
Figures in brackets are percentage variations over the specified or over the comparable period of the previous year.
() not relevant. -: not available.
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Foreign Exchange Reserves (excluding
gold but including revaluation effects)

200607
6.7
12.8
13.2
10.6
13.8
1.1
6.3
4.3
9.6
6.6

201011
73038
19208

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