(Rs. crore)

2000 - 2001

1999 - 2000

Outstanding

Variations

Outstanding

Variations

as on

(3) - (2)

as on

(6) - (5)

Item

2000

1999

Mar. 24

Oct. 20

Mar. 26

Oct. 22

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1.

Bank Credit

4,35,958

4,79,478

43,519

3,68,837

3,92,452

23,615

(10.0)

(6.4)

A.

Food Credit

25,691

33,845

8,153

16,816

21,404

4,588

B.

Non-Food Credit

4,10,267

4,45,633

35,336

3,52,021

3,71,047

19,026

(8.6)

(5.4)

2.

Investments £

61,429

63,398 @

1,969

48,446

55,076 +

6,631

A.

Commercial Paper

5,066

4,672

-394

4,006

6,420

2,414

B.

Bonds/Debentures/Preference Shares issued by

53,501

55,722

2,220

42,033

46,117

4,084

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

30,586

32,957

2,371

24,174

25,726

1,552

(b) Private Corporate Sector

22,915

22,765

-151

17,859

20,391

2,532

C.

Equity Shares issued by PSUs and Private Corporate Sector

2,841

2,989

148

2,342

2,495

153

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

392 @@

15

473

544++

71

4.

Total of (1B + 2 + 3)

4,72,073

5,09,423

37,351

4,00,940

4,26,668

25,728

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

@ : Upto September 22, 2000. @@ : Upto August 31, 2000. + : Upto September 24, 1999. ++ : Upto August 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.