(Rs. crore)

2000 - 2001

1999 - 2000

Outstanding

Variations

Outstanding

Variations

as on

(3) - (2)

as on

(6) - (5)

Item

2000

2001

1999

2000

Mar. 24

Jan. 12

Mar. 26

Jan. 14

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1. Bank Credit

4,35,958

4,97,486

61,528

3,68,837

4,14,597

45,760

(14.1)

(12.4)

A.

Food Credit

25,691

38,417

12,726

16,816

25,507

8,691

B. Non-Food Credit

4,10,267

4,59,069

48,802

3,52,021

3,89,090

37,069

(11.9)

(10.5)

2. Investments

61,429

69,828@

8,399

48,446

58,687+

10,241

A.

Commercial Paper

5,066

7,193

2,128

4,006

5,716

1,710

B.

Bonds/Debentures/Preference Shares issued by

53,501

59,433

5,932

42,033

50,164

8,131

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

30,586

35,261

4,674

24,174

28,173

3,999

(b) Private Corporate Sector

22,915

24,172

1,257

17,859

21,991

4,132

C.

Equity Shares issued by PSUs and Private Corporate Sector

2,841

3,186

345

2,342

2,757

415

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

1,013@@

636

473

841+

368

4. Total of (1B + 2 + 3)

4,72,073

5,29,910

57,837

4,00,940

4,48,617

47,677

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

@ : Upto December 29, 2000. @@ : Upto December 31, 2000. + : Upto December 31, 1999.

Note : 1. Figures in brackets are percentage variations.

2. Data on Investments are provisional and tentative.