(Rs. crore)

2000 - 2001

1999 - 2000

Outstanding

Variations

Outstanding

Variations

as on

(3) - (2)

as on

(6) - (5)

Item

2000

1999

Mar. 24

Dec. 1

Mar. 26

Dec. 3

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1.

Bank Credit

4,35,958

4,80,748

44,790

3,68,837

3,96,752

27,915

(10.3)

(7.6)

A.

Food Credit

25,691

36,917

11,226

16,816

24,023

7,207

B.

Non-Food Credit

4,10,267

4,43,831

33,564

3,52,021

3,72,728

20,707

(8.2)

(5.9)

2.

Investments £

61,429

65,429@

4,000

48,446

56,141 +

7,695

A.

Commercial Paper

5,066

5,067

1

4,006

5,683

1,677

B.

Bonds/Debentures/Preference Shares issued by

53,501

57,081

3,580

42,033

47,706

5,673

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

30,586

33,544

2,958

24,174

26,845

2,672

(b) Private Corporate Sector

22,915

23,537

622

17,859

20,861

3,001

C.

Equity Shares issued by PSUs and Private Corporate Sector

2,841

3,266

425

2,342

2,703

360

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

570 @@

193

473

463++

-10

4.

Total of (1B + 2 + 3)

4,72,073

5,09,830

37,758

4,00,940

4,29,332

28,392

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

@ : Upto November 3, 2000. @@ : Upto October 31, 2000. + : Upto November 5, 1999. ++ : Upto October 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.