(Rs. crore)

2000 - 2001

1999 - 2000

Outstanding

Variations

Outstanding

Variations

as on

(3) - (2)

as on

(6) - (5)

Item

2000

1999

Mar. 24

May 5

Mar. 26

May 7

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1.

Bank Credit

4,34,182

4,45,238

11,056

3,68,837

3,68,404

-433

(2.5)

(-0.1)

A.

Food Credit

25,691

29,057

3,365

16,816

20,799

3,983

B.

Non-Food Credit

4,08,490

4,16,181

7,691

3,52,021

3,47,606

-4,416

(1.9)

(-1.3)

2.

Investments £

61,095

61,220 @

125

48,446

48,630

+

185

A.

Commercial Paper

5,143

4,953

-190

4,006

4,147

140

B.

Bonds/Debentures/Preference Shares issued by

53,104

53,445

341

42,033

41,988

-45

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

30,467

31,158

691

24,174

24,021

-153

(b) Private Corporate Sector

22,637

22,287

-350

17,859

17,967

108

C.

Equity Shares issued by PSUs and Private Corporate Sector

2,828

2,802

-26

2,342

2,431

89

D.

Loans to Corporates against shares held by them to enable them to meet the promoters' contribution to the equity of new companies in anticipation of raising resources

20

20

—

64

64

—

3.

Bills rediscounted with Financial Institutions

..

..

473

415

++

-58

4.

Total of (1B + 2 + 3)

4,69,585

4,77,401

7,816

4,00,940

3,96,651

-4,289

* : Subject to changes as a result of common valuation method and uniform classification.
@ : Upto April 7, 2000. + : Upto April 9, 1999. ++ : Upto April 30, 1999.
£ : In view of inadequate availability of latest data the information about investment has been repeated.
Note :
1. Figures in brackets are percentage variations.
2. Data on Investments are provisional and tentative.