{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "payments",
  "source": "Reserve Bank of India, Payment System Indicators (via DBIE)",
  "vintage": "2026-10-10",
  "mock": false,
  "geo": "IND",
  "releaseDate": null,
  "revisionPolicy": "Monthly figures are provisional when first printed and may be revised in later Bulletins; the RBI re-organised the table in November 2019, and the two layouts are kept apart.",
  "latestPeriod": "2026-03",
  "frequency": "annual",
  "base": "STRBI Table 27 (2005 on)",
  "unit": "count",
  "coverage": "How many cheque clearing houses India had each year, 2005 to 2026, MICR and non-MICR, by the bank that managed them",
  "note": "RBI Statistical Tables Relating to Banks in India, Table 27, via DBIE report 936 (data providers DP4 total, DP3 non-MICR by manager, DP2 MICR by manager, printed in brackets). Footnote marks in the source (*, $, #) are dropped; where a bracket reads 15+2*, the two are added. The managers' split stops after 2020; the table's 'Total' row in DP3 prints 0 and is not used. Years as the RBI labels them, end-March."
 },
 "dates": [
  "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": {
  "total": {
   "name": "total",
   "label": "Clearing houses, all",
   "unit": "count",
   "group": "All",
   "color": "#2E4BD8",
   "data": [
    1045,
    1030,
    1045,
    1094,
    1103,
    1139,
    1166,
    1201,
    1306,
    1373,
    1298,
    1288,
    1166,
    1051,
    732,
    217,
    3,
    3,
    3,
    1,
    1,
    1
   ]
  },
  "micr": {
   "name": "micr",
   "label": "Clearing houses, of which MICR (machine-read cheques)",
   "unit": "count",
   "group": "All",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    40,
    52,
    59,
    60,
    64,
    66,
    66,
    66,
    66,
    18,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
   ]
  },
  "reserve_bank_of_india_non_micr": {
   "name": "reserve_bank_of_india_non_micr",
   "label": "Clearing houses managed by Reserve Bank of India, non-MICR",
   "unit": "count",
   "group": "Reserve Bank of India",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    16,
    16,
    16,
    16,
    16,
    17,
    17,
    17,
    17,
    17,
    3,
    3,
    3,
    3,
    3,
    3,
    3,
    3,
    3,
    1,
    1,
    1
   ]
  },
  "reserve_bank_of_india_micr": {
   "name": "reserve_bank_of_india_micr",
   "label": "Clearing houses managed by Reserve Bank of India, MICR",
   "unit": "count",
   "group": "Reserve Bank of India",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    15,
    16,
    16,
    16,
    16,
    17,
    17,
    17,
    17,
    3,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
   ]
  },
  "state_bank_of_india_non_micr": {
   "name": "state_bank_of_india_non_micr",
   "label": "Clearing houses managed by State Bank of India, non-MICR",
   "unit": "count",
   "group": "State Bank of India",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    684,
    659,
    667,
    703,
    728,
    731,
    763,
    773,
    794,
    796,
    740,
    725,
    652,
    819,
    552,
    156,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
   ]
  },
  "state_bank_of_india_micr": {
   "name": "state_bank_of_india_micr",
   "label": "Clearing houses managed by State Bank of India, MICR",
   "unit": "count",
   "group": "State Bank of India",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    10,
    12,
    17,
    18,
    19,
    19,
    20,
    20,
    20,
    5,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
   ]
  },
  "associates_of_state_bank_of_india_non_micr": {
   "name": "associates_of_state_bank_of_india_non_micr",
   "label": "Clearing houses managed by Associates of State Bank of India, non-MICR",
   "unit": "count",
   "group": "Associates of State Bank of India",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    327,
    324,
    333,
    335,
    312,
    330,
    307,
    307,
    313,
    322,
    320,
    321,
    274,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
   ]
  },
  "associates_of_state_bank_of_india_micr": {
   "name": "associates_of_state_bank_of_india_micr",
   "label": "Clearing houses managed by Associates of State Bank of India, MICR",
   "unit": "count",
   "group": "Associates of State Bank of India",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    2,
    3,
    4,
    4,
    4,
    4,
    3,
    3,
    3,
    1,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
   ]
  },
  "nationalized_banks_non_micr": {
   "name": "nationalized_banks_non_micr",
   "label": "Clearing houses managed by Nationalized Banks, non-MICR",
   "unit": "count",
   "group": "Nationalized Banks",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    18,
    31,
    29,
    40,
    46,
    60,
    75,
    85,
    114,
    123,
    116,
    118,
    117,
    110,
    89,
    29,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
   ]
  },
  "nationalized_banks_micr": {
   "name": "nationalized_banks_micr",
   "label": "Clearing houses managed by Nationalized Banks, MICR",
   "unit": "count",
   "group": "Nationalized Banks",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    13,
    21,
    22,
    22,
    25,
    26,
    26,
    26,
    26,
    9,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
   ]
  },
  "other_non_micr": {
   "name": "other_non_micr",
   "label": "Clearing houses managed by other banks, non-MICR",
   "unit": "count",
   "group": "Other",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    1,
    1,
    4,
    19,
    68,
    115,
    119,
    121,
    120,
    119,
    88,
    29,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
   ]
  },
  "other_micr": {
   "name": "other_micr",
   "label": "Clearing houses managed by other banks, MICR",
   "unit": "count",
   "group": "Other",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    0,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
   ]
  }
 }
}