(Rs. crore)

2006 - 2007

2005 - 2006

Outstanding

Variation

Outstanding

Variation

as on

(3) - (2)

as on

(6) - (5)

2006

2005

Item

Mar. 31

Apr. 28

Mar. 18

Apr. 29

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1.

Bank Credit

14,96,474

14,87,171

–9,303

11,00,428

11,27,982

27,553

(–0.6)

(2.5)

A.

Food Credit

40,691

37,258

–3,433

41,121

41,765

644

B.

Non-Food Credit

14,55,783

14,49,913

–5,870

10,59,308

10,86,217

26,909

(–0.4)

(2.5)

[10,26,426]

[2,21,602]

2.

Investments

81,072

80,176 @

–896

93,664

93,246 +

–418

A.

Commercial Paper

4,821

4,329

–492

3,891

3,510

–381

B.

Shares issued by (a + b)

12,802

13,897

1,095

11,902

12,028

127

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

1,884

1,975

91

1,613

1,754

141

(b) Private Corporate Sector

10,918

11,923

1,005

10,288

10,274

–15

C.

Bonds/Debentures issued by (a + b)

63,449

61,950

–1,499

77,871

77,708

–164

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

32,574

32,463

–111

45,937

46,909

972

(b) Private Corporate Sector

30,875

29,487

–1,388

31,934

30,799

–1,135

3.

Bills rediscounted with Financial Institutions

@@

401

784 ++

383

4.

Total (1B + 2 + 3)

15,36,855

15,30,089

–6,766

11,53,373

11,80,247

26,874

@ : Upto April 14, 2006. + : Upto April 15, 2005. ++ : Upto April 30, 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.