(Rs. crore)
			2003 - 2004				2002 - 2003
			Outstanding as on			Variations	Outstanding as on			Variations
Item			2003		2004	(3) - (2)	2002	2003		(6) - (5)
			Mar. 21	Jan. 9			Mar. 22		Jan. 10
1			2	3		4	5		6	7
1. Bank Credit			7,29,215	7,91,989		62,774	5,89,723		6,95,548	1,05,825
						(8.6)				(17.9)
A.	Food Credit		49,479	36,536		–12,943	53,978		50,142	–3,836
B. Non-Food Credit			6,79,736	7,55,453		75,717	5,35,745		6,45,406	1,09,661
						(11.1)				(20.5)
2. Investments			92,854	89,477@		–3,377	81,000		91,508+	10,509
A.	Commercial Paper		4,007	4,378		371	8,497		5,755	–2,742
B.	Shares issued by (a + b)		9,019	8,540		–479	5,914		8,968	3,054
	(a) Public Sector Undertakings		1,430	1,257		–174	1,587		1,489	–98
	(b) Private Corporate Sector		7,589	7,284		–305	4,327		7,479	3,152
C.	Bonds/Debentures issued by (a + b)		79,828	76,558		–3,270	66,589		76,786	10,197
	(a) Public Sector Undertakings		46,854	47,792		938	39,520		45,068	5,548
	(b) Private Corporate Sector		32,973	28,766		–4,208	27,069		31,718	4,649
3. Bills rediscounted with Financial Institutions			105	469@@		364	906		462++	–444
4. Total (1B + 2 + 3)			7,72,695	8,45,399		72,704	6,17,650		7,37,376	1,19,726
@ : Upto Decemeber 26, 2003. @@ : Upto December 30, 2003. + : Upto December 27 2002. ++ : Upto December 31, 2002. Notes : 1. Data on investments are based on Statutory Section 42(2) Returns. 2. Figures in brackets are percentage variations. 3. Includes the impact of mergers since May 3, 2002.