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Date : Sep 16, 2013
Table 73 : Cheque Clearances

(Numbers in million; Amount in ` Billion)

Year

Total Cheque Clearances
All India

Centres managed by RBI

All RBI Centres

of which

Mumbai

Kolkata $

New Delhi *

Chennai *

Number

Amount

Number

Amount

Number

Amount

Number

Amount

Number

Amount

Number

Amount

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

1974-75

198

906.96

148

708.36

49

248.28

21

111.36

8

52.92

7

45.72

1975-76

226

1069.20

164

834.48

51

274.44

18

127.20

9

81.96

9

52.32

1976-77

275

1395.24

191

1052.16

53

330.12

17

141.72

11

98.52

9

62.76

1977-78

329

1645.32

221

1224.24

54

387.48

18

149.16

13

109.20

8

70.32

1978-79

275

1793.28

213

1362.48

59

417.72

18

163.08

16

111.24

7

72.96

1979-80

308

2289.48

214

1698.96

61

485.88

18

194.88

14

143.52

8

83.24

1980-81

315

2435.16

224

1862.52

66

563.79

19

213.24

16

166.44

9

91.33

1981-82

371

3045.24

259

2296.44

73

683.16

23

258.12

20

210.24

9

94.92

1982-83

393

3405.96

274

2601.60

74

770.88

20

276.36

20

243.36

11

150.24

1983-84

416

3849.96

305

2949.48

67

808.08

22

315.12

37

347.04

18

171.48

1984-85

462

4575.36

338

3504.72

61

927.00

27

372.48

48

423.96

22

198.96

1985-86

514

5176.08

382

4046.28

62

1139.76

39

430.20

60

519.36

23

223.32

1986-87

645

6580.08

447

4965.72

58

1254.60

35

463.08

64

654.48

25

250.20

1987-88

711

7246.32

487

5443.08

78

1307.64

26

528.72

63

696.84

25

282.96

1988-89

569

6706.08

287

4361.40

101

1647.72

28

624.24

52

835.08

27

342.60

1989-90

590

9261.74

335

6033.04

119

1854.67

32

814.77

56

1079.42

33

1197.05

1990-91

764

22873.53

352

18394.60

125

11825.87

33

1040.51

55

2399.79

36

1761.23

1991-92

868

34042.54

413

29229.90

146

20221.22

40

1282.50

66

3957.48

40

1966.38

1992-93

768

37020.08

462

32374.73

154

23505.35

46

1387.23

75

3282.38

45

2093.46

1993-94

761

38689.13

474

31987.89

167

21464.05

45

1576.29

75

4107.04

46

2247.18

1994-95

737

41010.79

485

35144.02

178

22556.93

50

2007.10

86

5610.44

41

2193.13

1995-96

759

46246.40

440

38024.85

161

23751.41

44

2043.98

78

6163.34

44

2509.26

1996-97

783

54234.76

472

45685.98

174

30706.02

31

1379.81

85

5971.70

56

3150.52

1997-98

858

65981.50

504

55625.33

179

38064.21

51

2510.88

88

6492.04

56

3420.50

1998-99

866

75765.54

489

62095.23

179

42520.73

50

2687.59

90

7506.60

56

3961.10

1999-00

891

92320.18

517

78954.92

180

55872.15

51

3184.20

97

8470.94

51

4301.04

2000-01

941

107471.19

527

91896.83

174

66679.89

52

3652.80

101

8189.99

52

5092.92

2001-02

902

125752.54

538

109473.91

168

82178.16

52

3731.31

108

9903.15

52

5008.72

2002-03

1014

134243.13

598

109787.62

202

76947.48

53

4191.64

116

13196.25

56

5529.13

2003-04

1023

115959.60

624

91787.51

216

55112.93

47

4653.08

111

13546.77

60

6121.58

2004-05

1167

104588.95

739

84933.21

230

37536.70

60

5606.60

148

17736.11

74

7598.83

2005-06

1287

113291.34

794

81949.77

239

33428.29

64

6586.40

160

16975.83

81

6552.78

2006-07

1367

120424.26

831

85994.94

252

33190.90

68

6823.58

169

17735.48

80

6922.01

2007-08

1461

133960.66

878

94517.48

265

36854.07

73

7783.04

178

18009.75

85

7788.54

2008-09

1397

124691.35

835

82973.85

251

27997.65

69

7530.68

173

16647.09

83

8019.64

2009-10

1380

104099.42

813

65221.35

248

19393.27

68

6582.29

162

12990.00

79

6311.01

2010-11

1387

101341.28

814

61957.75

247

17069.12

67

5393.11

160

14391.16

79

5498.87

2011-12

1341

98940.24

785

59292.54

243

16283.13

63

4666.86

160

13839.75

68

5032.37

2012-13

1314

100181.77

772

57825.49

230

15325.52

61

4587.73

152

12916.61

123

8862.91

Note : 1. Data for 2012-13 are Provisional.
2. $: Migration of Cheque Clearing from Kolkata to Chennai Grid has started which is reflected in the reduction of volume and
value of cheques cleared under Kolkata MICR cheque processing centre.
3. *: Cheque Truncation System (CTS) implemented in New Delhi and Chennai - grid (which includes some of the clearing
houses in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab (Ludhiana), Tamil Nadu, West Bengal (Kolkata), and Union
Territories of Puducherry and Chandigarh).
Also see Notes on Tables.


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