(Rs.crore)
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Security & Type of      1994-95           1995-96           1995-96           1996-97
Issue                (April-March)     (April-March)     (April-January)   (April-January)
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                       No. of  Amount    No. of  Amount    No. of  Amount    No. of  Amount
                       Issues            Issues            Issues   Issues   Issues
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          1              2        3        4        5        6        7        8        9
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1)  Equity Shares        1548 17,414.4     1612 12,180.3     1234  9,513.8      777  5,696.0
        (a+b)           (628) (8,420.0)   (467) (4,993.2)   (373) (4,023.9)    (122)(1,398.5)

     a) Prospectus       1275 13,727.3     1397  8,694.3     1067  6,988.5      696  3,871.7
                        (438) (6,099.4)    (305)(2,592.6)   (250) (2,286.3)    (72)   (396.3)

     b) Rights            273  3,687.1      215  3,486.0      167  2,525.3       81  1,824.3
                        (190) (2,320.6)    (162)(2,400.6)   (123) (1,737.6)    (50) (1002.2)

2)  Preference
    Shares (a+b)            9    131.4        9    150.1        5     35.0        5     71.9

     a) Prospectus          5     81.4        5    116.6        2      6.4        2     24.0
                                                                                 (1)   (0.7)
     b) Rights              4     50.0        4     33.5        3     28.6        3     47.9

3) Debentures (a+b)       121  8,870.9       63  3,970.1       51  3,488.8       31  3,425.0

     a) Prospectus         48  5,868.1       16  1,669.8       14  1,416.8       13  2,761.2

     b) Rights             73  3,002.8       47  2,300.3       37  2,072.0       18    663.8

   Of Which:
 I) Convertible (a+b)     100  7,643.0       48  3,438.4       41  3,095.2       20    519.2

      a) Prospectus        46  5,851.1       15  1,569.8       13  1,316.8        6     71.2

      b) Rights            54  1,791.9       33  1,868.6       28  1,778.4       14    448.0

II)  Non-Convertible
     (a+b)                 21  1,227.9       15    531.7       10    393.6       11  2,905.8

      a) Prospectus         2     17.0        1    100.0        1    100.0        7  2,690.0

      b) Rights            19  1,210.9       14    431.7        9    293.6        4    215.8

4)  TOTAL(1+2+3)         1678 26,416.7     1684 16,300.5     1290 13,037.6      813  9,192.9

      a) Prospectus      1328 19,676.8     1418 10,480.7     1083  8,411.7      711  6,656.9

      b) Rights           350  6,739.9      266  5,819.8      207  4,625.9      102  2,536.0
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Note : Data are compiled from prospectus /circulars/advertisements issued by
       companies,replies given by the companies to the Reserve Bank's questionnaire,
       information received from stock exchange, press reports, etc.