(Rs. crore)

2000 - 2001

1999 - 2000

Outstanding

Variations

Outstanding

Variations

as on

(3) - (2)

as on

(6) - (5)

Item

2000

1999

Mar. 24

Oct. 6

Mar. 26

Oct. 8

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1.

Bank Credit

4,35,958

4,75,456

39,498

3,68,837

3,89,960

21,123

(9.1)

(5.7)

A.

Food Credit

25,691

32,884

7,193

16,816

21,252

4,436

B.

Non-Food Credit

4,10,267

4,42,572

32,305

3,52,021

3,68,708

16,687

(7.9)

(4.7)

2.

Investments £

61,429

63,228 @

1,799

48,446

53,881 +

5,435

A.

Commercial Paper

5,066

4,695

-371

4,006

6,162

2,156

B.

Bonds/Debentures/Preference Shares issued by

53,501

55,533

2,032

42,033

45,200

3,167

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

30,586

32,770

2,184

24,174

24,970

796

(b) Private Corporate Sector

22,915

22,763

-152

17,859

20,230

2,371

C.

Equity Shares issued by PSUs and Private Corporate Sector

2,841

2,985

143

2,342

2,475

133

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

580 @@

203

473

581

108

4.

Total of (1B + 2 + 3)

4,72,073

5,06,380

34,308

4,00,940

4,23,170

22,230

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

@ : Upto September 8, 2000. @@ : Upto July 30, 2000. + : Upto September 10, 1999. ++ : Upto July 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.