(Rs. crore)

2000 - 2001

1999 - 2000

Outstanding

Variations

Outstanding

Variations

as on

(3) - (2)

as on

(6) - (5)

Item

2000

1999

Mar. 24

Jun. 16

Mar. 26

Jun. 18

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1.

Bank Credit

4,34,182

4,46,912

12,730

3,68,837

3,63,595

-5,243

(2.9)

(-1.4)

A.

Food Credit

25,691

32,081

6,390

16,816

22,221

5,405

B.

Non-Food Credit

4,08,490

4,14,830

6,340

3,52,021

3,41,373

-10,648

(1.6)

(-3.0)

2.

Investments £

61,124

63,679

@

2,555

48,446

50,390 +

1,944

A.

Commercial Paper

5,069

6,177

1,108

4,006

5,429

1,423

B.

Bonds/Debentures/Preference Shares issued by

53,184

54,650

1,466

42,033

42,466

433

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

30,607

32,616

2,009

24,174

24,086

-88

(b) Private Corporate Sector

22,578

22,035

-543

17,859

18,380

521

C.

Equity Shares issued by PSUs and Private

2,851

2,837

-14

2,342

2,451

109

Corporate Sector

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

15

-5

64

44

-20

++

3.

Bills rediscounted with Financial Institutions

377

345

@@

-32

473

415

-58

4.

Total of (1B + 2 + 3)

4,69,991

4,78,854

8,863

4,00,940

3,92,178

-8,762

* : Subject to changes as a result of common valuation method and uniform classification.

@ :Upto May 19, 2000. @@ : Upto April 30, 2000. + : Upto May 21, 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.