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Data file: Bank credit and money

Liquidity aggregates L1, L2 and L3: money plus postal deposits, financial institutions' borrowing and deposits, monthly since 1993, base RBI DBIE report 16

13 series, monthly, April 1993 to July 2026. Published by Reserve Bank of India (via DBIE).

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What the file holds

Liquidity aggregates L1, L2 and L3: money plus postal deposits, financial institutions' borrowing and deposits, monthly since 1993.

RBI DBIE report 16 (data provider DP0), read from the local Data Bank mirror, as published. One display unit kept (ACTUALS). Amounts in ₹ crore.

Revisions: Section 42 figures are provisional, then final; sectoral credit is provisional and revised the next month; NPAs and capital ratios are final on release. Seams disclosed, never joined: the 2019 sectoral classification, the July 2023 HDFC merger, the December 2025 reporting calendar.

Missing values are left empty, never zero. Every series with its latest value and trend, in the guide to bank credit and money.

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The series

SeriesPublished valuesValues
CDsApril 1993 to July 2026400
L1April 1993 to July 2026400
L1 (Excluding Merger)April 1993 to June 2025387
L2April 1993 to July 2026400
L2 (Excluding Merger)April 1993 to June 2025387
L3September 1998 to June 2026161
Liabilities of Financial InstitutionApril 1993 to July 2026400
NM3April 1993 to July 2026400
NM3 (Excluding Merger)April 1993 to June 2025387
Postal DepositsApril 1993 to July 2026400
Public Deposits with NBFC'sSeptember 1998 to June 2026161
Term DepositsApril 1993 to July 2026400
Term Money BorrowingsApril 1993 to July 2026400
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Cite this data

Reserve Bank of India (via DBIE), compiled by Measure of India, “Liquidity aggregates L1, L2 and L3: money plus postal deposits, financial institutions' borrowing and deposits, monthly since 1993, base RBI DBIE report 16”, vintage 9 October 2026. measure.thisindianlife.today/data/credit-deep-liquidity-aggregates/

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