(Rs. crore)

2000 - 2001

1999 - 2000

Outstanding

Variations

Outstanding

Variations

as on

(3) - (2)

as on

(6) - (5)

Item

2000

1999

Mar. 24

Jul. 14

Mar. 26

Jul. 16

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1.

Bank Credit

4,35,958

4,57,181

21,223

3,68,837

3,72,389

3,552

(4.9)

(1.0)

A.

Food Credit

25,691

32,873

7,182

16,816

22,697

5,881

B.

Non-Food Credit

4,10,267

4,24,308

14,041

3,52,021

3,49,692

-2,329

(3.4)

(-0.7)

2.

Investments £

60,842

64,441 @

3,599

48,446

51,632 +

3,187

A.

Commercial Paper

5,066

6,591

1,525

4,006

6,110

2,104

B.

Bonds/Debentures/Preference Shares issued by

52,916

54,870

1,954

42,033

43,000

967

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

30,490

32,732

2,242

24,174

24,535

361

(b) Private Corporate Sector

22,426

22,138

-288

17,859

18,465

606

C.

Equity Shares issued by PSUs and Private Corporate Sector

2,841

2,965

124

2,342

2,478

135

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)

4,71,486

4,89,094

17,607

4,00,940

4,01,740

800

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

@ : Upto June 16, 2000. @@ : Upto April 30, 2000. + : Upto June 18, 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.