Item

Unit / Base

1990-91

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001

2002

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Output

1.

Gross Domestic Product

at Factor Cost (at 1993-94 prices)

Rs. crore

6,92,871

10,83,047

11,48,500 (P)

11,93,922 (Q.E.)

2.

Index number of Agricultural

Triennium ended

Production (All crops)

1981-82=100

148.4

179.2

177.5 (P)

166.0 (E)

a. Foodgrains Production

Million tonnes

176.4

203.6

208.9

196.1 (P)

3.

General Index of

Industrial Production (1)

1993-94=100

212.6 *

145.2

154.9

162.7

164.8

(P)

..

..

Money and Banking

Reserve Bank of India (2)

4.

Notes in circulation

Rs. crore

53,784

1,72,541

1,92,483

2,12,858

2,32,992

2,33,393

2,35,409

5.

Rupees Securities (3)

"

86,035

1,45,583

1,40,967

1,50,569

1,48,308

1,41,112

1,40,757

6.

Loans and discount

"

19,900

19,876

37,890

28,143

29,057

28,983

27,878

(a) Scheduled Commercial Banks (4)

"

8,169

2,894

9,513

5,980

2,782

6,986

3,971

(b) Scheduled State Co-operative Banks (4)

"

38

13

15

27

24

25

27

(c) Bills purchased and discounted

(internal)

"

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Scheduled Commercial Banks

7.

Aggregate deposits (5)

Rs. crore

1,92,541

7,14,025

8,13,345

9,62,618

10,61,981

(P)

10,67,707 (P)

10,76,158 (P)

8.

Bank credit (5)

"

1,16,301

3,68,837

4,35,958

5,11,434

5,49,040

(P)

5,58,599 (P)

5,68,824 (P)

9.

Investment in Govt. Securities (5)

"

49,998

2,23,217

2,78,456

3,40,035

3,91,695

(P)

3,98,415 (P)

4,01,698 (P)

10. Cheque clearances (6)

Rs. thousand crore

1,703

5,668

7,183

8,362

795

(P)

785 (P)

864 (P)

11.

Money Stock measures (7)

Rs. crore

92,892

3,09,068

3,41,796

3,79,791 (P)

3,99,203

(P)

4,02,039 (P)

4,00,543 (P)

(a) M1

"

2,65,828

9,80,960

11,24,174

13,11,583 (P)

14,42,666

(P)

14,49,718 (P)

14,59,545 (P)

(b) M3

Cash Reserve Ratio and Interest Rates

12. Cash Reserve Ratio (2), (16)

Per cent

15.00

10.50

9.00

8.00

5.75

5.75

5.50

13. Bank Rate

Per cent

Per annum

10.00

8.00

8.00

7.00

6.50

6.50

6.50

14. Inter-bank call money rate

(Mumbai) (8)

"

4.00/70.00

0.50/35.00

4.50/25.00

4.00/19.00

3.73/22.00

4.64/12.00

4.50/8.25

15. Deposit Rate (9)

(a) 30 days and 1 year

"

8.00 (11)

Free (12)

5.00-7.50

5.25-7.25

5.00-7.00

5.00-6.75

5.00-6.75

(b) 1 year and above

"

9.00-11.00

8.50-10.00

8.50-10.00

8.00-9.00

7.50-8.50

7.50-8.50

16. Prime Lending Rate (10)

"

—

12.00-13.00

12.00-12.50

11.00-12.00

11.00-12.00

11.00-12.00

11.00-12.00

17. Yield on 12.50% Loan 2004

"

—

11.85

10.77

10.15

6.92

7.06

6.98

18. Yield on 11.5% Loan 2008

"

—

12.03

11.30

10.57

8.10

8.87

7.79

Government Securities Market (2)

19. Govt. of India 91-day Treasury Bills

(Total outstandings)

Rs. crore

1,500

1,520

1,830

4,975

5,525

5,375

See ‘Notes on Tables’.

*

: Base : 1980-81 = 100.

+

: Base : 1981-82 = 100.

E

: Estimated.

QE

: Quick Estimate;

Item

Unit / Base

1990-91

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001

2002

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Price Indices

20.

Wholesale prices (13)

1993-94=100

(a)

All commodities

"

182.7

+

140.7

145.3

155.7

162.3

..

..

(b)

Primary articles

"

184.9

+

156.2

158.0

162.5

170.0

..

..

(c)

Fuel, power, light and lubricants

"

175.8

+

148.5

162.0

208.1

230.6

..

..

(d)

Manufactured products

"

182.8

+

133.6

137.2

141.7

144.4

..

..

(e)

Foodgrains

"

179.2

+

152.0

176.4

173.8

172.4

..

..

(f)

Edible oils

"

223.3

+

139.1

122.1

103.3

113.6

..

..

(g)

Sugar, khandsari & gur

"

152.3

+

153.5

156.0

153.2

146.8

..

..

(h)

Raw cotton

"

145.5

+

166.9

147.3

157.3

139.3

..

..

21.

Consumer prices (All-India) (1)

(a)

Industrial Workers

1982=100

193

414

428

444

472

469

..

(b)

Urban Non-Manual Employees

1984-85=100

161

337

352

371

395

394

..

(c)

Agricultural Labourers

July 1986-

June 1987=100

..

294

309

304

313

312

..

Foreign Trade

22.

Value of imports

U.S. $ Million

24,073

42,389

49,671

50,537

4,181 (P)

3,968 (P)

..

23.

Value of exports

"

18,145

33,219

36,822

44,560

3,722 (P)

3,698 (P)

..

24.

Balance of trade

"

–5,927

–9,170

–12,848

–5,976

–459 (P)

–270 (P)

..

25.

Foreign exchange reserves (14)

(a)

Foreign currency assets

U.S. $ Million

2,236

29,522

35,058

39,554

44,024

45,251

46,561

(b)

Gold

"

3,496

2,960

2,974

2,725

2,862

2,856

2,913

(c)

SDRs

"

102

8

4

2

5

5

5

Employment Exchange Statistics (15)

26.

Number of registrations

Thousand

6,541

5,852

5,967

6,042

..

..

..

27.

Number of applicants

(a)

Placed in employment

"

265

233

222

176

..

..

..

(b)

On live register (14)

"

34,632

40,090

40,371

41,344

..

..

..