(Rs. crore)

2000 - 2001

1999 - 2000

Outstanding

Variations

Outstanding

Variations

as on

(3) - (2)

as on

(6) - (5)

Item

2000

1999

Mar. 24

Nov. 17

Mar. 26

Nov. 19

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1.

Bank Credit

4,35,958

4,80,586

44,627

3,68,837

3,94,553

25,716

(10.2)

(7.0)

A.

Food Credit

25,691

35,434

9,743

16,816

23,409

6,593

B.

Non-Food Credit

4,10,267

4,45,152

34,885

3,52,021

3,71,144

19,123

(8.5)

(5.4)

2.

Investments £

61,429

63,829 @

2,400

48,446

55,445 +

6,999

A.

Commercial Paper

5,066

4,307

-758

4,006

5,605

1,599

B.

Bonds/Debentures/Preference Shares issued by

53,501

56,460

2,958

42,033

47,111

5,078

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

30,586

33,293

2,707

24,174

26,279

2,105

(b) Private Corporate Sector

22,915

23,167

252

17,859

20,832

2,972

C.

Equity Shares issued by PSUs and Private Corporate Sector

2,841

3,047

206

2,342

2,680

337

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

49

-15

3.

Bills rediscounted with Financial Institutions

377

486 @@

109

473

662++

189

4.

Total of (1B + 2 + 3)

4,72,073

5,09,467

37,394

4,00,940

4,27,251

26,311

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

@ : Upto October 20, 2000. @@ : Upto September 30, 2000. + : Upto October 22, 1999. ++ : Upto September 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.