(Rs. crore)

2000 - 2001

1999 - 2000

Outstanding

Variations

Outstanding

Variations

as on

(3) - (2)

as on

(6) - (5)

Item

2000

1999

Mar. 24

Aug. 11

Mar. 26

Aug. 13

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1.

Bank Credit

4,35,958

4,57,709

21,751

3,68,837

3,73,407

4,570

(5.0)

(1.2)

A.

Food Credit

25,691

31,698

6,006

16,816

22,059

5,243

B.

Non-Food Credit

4,10,267

4,26,012

15,745

3,52,021

3,51,348

-673

(3.8)

(-0.2)

2.

Investments £

60,842

64,809 @

3,967

48,446

52,868 +

4,423

A.

Commercial Paper

5,066

6,910

1,844

4,006

6,222

2,216

B.

Bonds/Debentures/Preference Shares issued by

52,916

54,920

2,005

42,033

44,129

2,096

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

30,490

32,745

2,256

24,174

25,061

887

(b) Private Corporate Sector

22,426

22,175

-251

17,859

19,068

1,209

C.

Equity Shares issued by PSUs and Private Corporate Sector

2,841

2,964

123

2,342

2,473

131

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

235 @@

-142

473

629++

156

4.

Total of (1B + 2 + 3)

4,71,486

4,91,056

19,570

4,00,940

4,04,845

3,906

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

@ : Upto July 14, 2000. @@ : Upto May 31, 2000. + : Upto July 16, 1999. ++ : Upto May 31, 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.