No
                                                                 (Rs.crore)
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Security & Type of      1994-95           1995-96           1996-97
Issue                (April-March)     (April-March)     (April-March)
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                       No. of  Amount    No. of  Amount    No. of   Amount
                       Issues            Issues            Issues
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          1              2        3        4        5         6        7
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1)  Equity Shares        1548 17,414.4     1608  12,099.4      830   6,271.3
        (a+b)           (628) (8,420.0)   (465)  (4,920.5)    (130) (1,507.0)

     a) Prospectus       1275 13,727.3     1394   8,624.5      738   4,324.1
                        (438) (6,099.4)    (304) (2,523.6)     (75)   (440.7)

     b) Rights            273  3,687.1      214   3,474.9       92    1,947.2
                        (190) (2,320.6)    (161) (2,396.9)     (55)  (1,066.3)

2)  Preference
    Shares (a+b)            9    131.3        9     150.1        5       71.9

     a) Prospectus          5     81.3        5     116.6        2       24.0
                                                                (1)      (0.7)
     b) Rights              4     50.0        4      33.5        3       47.9

3) Debentures (a+b)       121  8,871.0       63   3,970.1       33    4,188.0

     a) Prospectus         48  5,868.1       16   1,669.8       14    3,511.2

     b) Rights             73  3,002.9       47   2,300.3       19      676.8

   Of Which:
 I) Convertible (a+b)     100  7,643.0       48   3,438.4       21      532.2

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

      b) Rights            54  1,791.9       33   1,868.6       15      461.0

II)  Non-Convertible
     (a+b)                 21  1,228.0       15     531.7       12    3,655.8

      a) Prospectus         2     17.0        1     100.0        8    3,440.0

      b) Rights            19  1,211.0       14     431.7        4      215.8

4)  TOTAL(1+2+3)         1678 26,416.7     1680  16,219.6      868   10,531.2

      a) Prospectus      1328 19,676.7     1415  10,410.9      754    7,859.3

      b) Rights           350  6,740.0      265   5,808.7      114    2,671.9
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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 exchanges, press
       reports, etc.