(Rs. crore)

2005 - 2006

2004 - 2005

Outstanding

Variation

Outstanding

Variation

as on

(3) - (2)

as on

(6) - (5)

2005

2006

2004

2005

Item

Mar. 18

Mar. 31

Mar. 19

Mar. 18

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1.

Bank Credit

11,00,428

14,96,474

3,96,045

8,40,785

11,00,428

2,59,643

(36.0)

(30.9)

A.

Food Credit

41,121

40,691

–430

35,961

41,121

5,159

B.

Non-Food Credit

10,59,308

14,55,783

3,96,475

8,04,824

10,59,308

2,54,484

(37.4)

(31.6)

[10,26,426]

[2,21,602]

2.

Investments

93,664

81,072 @

–12,592

88,985

93,664 +

4,679

A.

Commercial Paper

3,891

4,821

930

3,770

3,891

122

B.

Shares issued by (a + b)

11,902

12,802

901

8,667

11,902

3,235

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

1,613

1,884

271

1,272

1,613

341

(b) Private Corporate Sector

10,288

10,918

630

7,395

10,288

2,893

C.

Bonds/Debentures issued by (a + b)

77,871

63,449

–14,422

76,548

77,871

1,323

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

45,937

32,574

–13,363

48,646

45,937

–2,709

(b) Private Corporate Sector

31,934

30,875

–1,059

27,903

31,934

4,032

3.

Bills rediscounted with Financial Institutions

401

755 @ @

354

305

401 ++

96

4.

Total (1B + 2 + 3)

11,53,373

15,37,610

3,84,237

8,94,114

11,53,373

2,59,259

@ : Upto May 31, 2005.
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.
4.Figures in [ ] exclude the impact of conversion of a non-banking entity into banking entity from October 11, 2004.
5.Data on fiscal year variation for 2005-06 are not comparable with those of the previous years as the
data for 2005-06 include 27 fortnights while usually the data for a year include 26 fortnights. Furthermore,
the last reporting Friday of 2005-06 coincided with March 31, the closing day for banks’ accounts.