{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "banks",
  "source": "Reserve Bank of India, DBIE (via the local Data Bank)",
  "vintage": "2026-10-10",
  "mock": false,
  "geo": "IND",
  "releaseDate": null,
  "revisionPolicy": "Bank-wise figures are the banks' own returns as the RBI publishes them and are not revised once printed; the Outlook's latest March is provisional and is replaced by the next edition's figure. Mergers are disclosed on the acquirer, never joined.",
  "frequency": "annual",
  "unit": "mixed",
  "base": "as published",
  "latestPeriod": "2026-03",
  "coverage": "Bonds issued by public sector undertakings each year: taxable and tax-free",
  "note": "RBI DBIE report 383 (financial institutions), read from the local Data Bank mirror, as published. One display unit kept (ACTUALS); amounts in ₹ crore, counts as numbers. Each year is dated to its March; a bare calendar year in the source is dated to March of that year (the table gives no month)."
 },
 "dates": [
  "1986-03-01",
  "1987-03-01",
  "1988-03-01",
  "1989-03-01",
  "1990-03-01",
  "1991-03-01",
  "1992-03-01",
  "1993-03-01",
  "1994-03-01",
  "1995-03-01",
  "1996-03-01",
  "1997-03-01",
  "1998-03-01",
  "1999-03-01",
  "2000-03-01",
  "2001-03-01",
  "2002-03-01",
  "2003-03-01",
  "2004-03-01",
  "2005-03-01",
  "2006-03-01",
  "2007-03-01",
  "2008-03-01",
  "2009-03-01",
  "2010-03-01",
  "2011-03-01",
  "2012-03-01",
  "2013-03-01",
  "2014-03-01",
  "2015-03-01",
  "2016-03-01",
  "2017-03-01",
  "2018-03-01",
  "2019-03-01",
  "2020-03-01",
  "2021-03-01",
  "2022-03-01",
  "2023-03-01",
  "2024-03-01",
  "2025-03-01",
  "2026-03-01"
 ],
 "series": {
  "tax_free_bonds": {
   "name": "tax_free_bonds_inr_crore",
   "unit": "inr_crore",
   "label": "Tax-free Bonds",
   "data": [
    0,
    899.6,
    1387.3,
    2412,
    3317,
    2545,
    2468.6,
    10.5,
    1413.9,
    1198.3,
    547.4,
    67,
    570.1,
    406,
    400,
    662.2,
    274.2,
    286,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    1926.4,
    1642,
    28082,
    14860,
    34244,
    null,
    43500,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    0,
    0,
    null
   ],
   "gaps": [
    "2004-03-01",
    "2005-03-01",
    "2006-03-01",
    "2007-03-01",
    "2008-03-01",
    "2009-03-01",
    "2015-03-01",
    "2017-03-01",
    "2018-03-01",
    "2019-03-01",
    "2020-03-01",
    "2021-03-01",
    "2022-03-01",
    "2023-03-01"
   ],
   "gapsNote": "The RBI's table prints no figure for these years."
  },
  "taxable_bonds": {
   "name": "taxable_bonds_inr_crore",
   "unit": "inr_crore",
   "label": "Taxable Bonds",
   "data": [
    353.7,
    774.6,
    946.9,
    456.3,
    912,
    3118.2,
    3242.2,
    1052,
    4172,
    1871.8,
    1743.8,
    3327.3,
    2412.4,
    3956.9,
    8296.8,
    15969.4,
    14161.5,
    7243,
    5443.2,
    7590.6,
    4845.5,
    10325.1,
    13404.4,
    20545.7,
    46482.7,
    58791,
    59983,
    37857,
    16621,
    37283,
    9005,
    245020,
    204023,
    245430,
    351256,
    381025.8,
    211650.7,
    352038.3,
    333021.88,
    460674.39,
    288951.54
   ]
  },
  "total_2_3": {
   "name": "total_2_3_inr_crore",
   "unit": "inr_crore",
   "label": "Total (2+3)",
   "data": [
    353.7,
    1674.2,
    2334.2,
    2868.3,
    4229,
    5663.2,
    5710.8,
    1062.5,
    5585.9,
    3070.1,
    2291.2,
    3394.3,
    2982.5,
    4362.9,
    8696.8,
    16631.6,
    14435.7,
    7529,
    5443.2,
    7590.6,
    4845.5,
    10325.1,
    13404.4,
    20545.7,
    48409.1,
    60433,
    88065,
    52717,
    50865,
    37283,
    52505,
    245020,
    204023,
    245430,
    351256,
    381025.8,
    211650.7,
    352038.3,
    333021.88,
    460674.39,
    288951.54
   ]
  }
 }
}