(Rs. crore)

2000 - 2001

1999 - 2000

Outstanding

Variations

Outstanding

Variations

as on

(3) - (2)

as on

(6) - (5)

Item

2000

1999

Mar. 24

Sep. 22

Mar. 26

Sep. 24

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1.

Bank Credit

4,35,958

4,66,826

30,867

3,68,837

3,80,658

11,821

(7.1)

(3.2)

A.

Food Credit

25,691

32,090

6,398

16,816

20,532

3,716

B.

Non-Food Credit

4,10,267

4,34,736

24,469

3,52,021

3,60,126

8,104

(6.0)

(2.3)

2.

Investments £

61,429

64,536 @

3,108

48,446

54,241 +

5,795

A.

Commercial Paper

5,066

5,349

284

4,006

6,656

2,650

B.

Bonds/Debentures/Preference Shares issued by

53,501

56,163

2,661

42,033

45,084

3,051

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

30,586

32,921

2,335

24,174

24,659

486

(b) Private Corporate Sector

22,915

23,242

327

17,859

20,424

2,565

C.

Equity Shares issued by PSUs and Private

2,841

3,009

168

2,342

2,457

115

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

343 @@

-34

473

430++

-43

4.

Total of (1B + 2 + 3)

4,72,073

4,99,615

27,542

4,00,940

4,14,797

13,857

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

@ : Upto August 25, 2000. @@ : Upto June 30, 2000. + : Upto August 27, 1999. ++ : Upto June 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.