Macroeconomic Indicators (3 September 2011)

After the steep fall in 2009-10, the total income of the Reserve Bank of India improved by 12.7% to Rs 37,070 crore in 2010-11. The transfer to Government of India however decreased to Rs 15,013 crore from Rs 18,763 crore. While domestic assets showed a rise of 37.9% in 2010-11 on top of the 103.8% increase in the previous year, the foreign currency assets increased by only 9.0% over a decline of 4.4%. As a percentage of total assets, the foreign currency assets were still dominant at 70.3% in 2010-11.