Item

Unit / Base

1990-91

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003

Mar.

Apr.

May

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

11,98,685 (P)

12,65,429 (Q.E.)

13,20,733 (A.E.)

2.

Index number of Agricultural

Triennium ended

Production (All crops)

1981-82=100

148.4

167.3

177.1 (P)

..

a. Foodgrains Production

Million tonnes

176.4

199.5

212.0

184.1 (A.E.)

3.

General Index of

Industrial Production (1)

1993-94=100

212.6 *

162.6

167.0 (P)

176.7

195.3 (P)

..

..

Money and Banking

Reserve Bank of India (2)

4.

Notes in circulation

Rs. crore

53,784

2,12,858

2,45,153

2,76,276

2,76,276

2,86,588

2,93,923

5.

Rupee Securities (3)

"

86,035

1,50,569

1,39,809

1,14,998

1,14,998

99,858

1,05,588

6.

Loans and discount

"

19,900

28,143

23,953

14,810

14,810

20,208

22,992

(a) Scheduled Commercial Banks (4)

"

8,169

5,980

3,785

1,258

1,258

1

1

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

"

38

27

35

21

21

20

30

(c) Bills purchased and discounted

(internal)

"

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Scheduled Commercial Banks

7.

Aggregate deposits (5)

Rs. crore

1,92,541

9,62,618

11,03,360

12,80,576 (P)

12,80,576 (P)

13,21,185 (P)

13,28,582 (P)

8.

Bank credit (5)

"

1,16,301

5,11,434

5,89,723

7,25,368 (P)

7,25,368 (P)

7,31,429 (P)

7,30,653 (P)

9.

Investment in Govt. Securities (5)

"

49,998

3,40,035

4,11,176

5,21,816 (P)

5,21,816 (P)

5,39,730 (P)

5,46,759 (P)

10.

Cheque clearances (6)

Rs. thousand crore

1,703

8,362

10,082

9,986(P)

774 (P)

618 (P)

562 (P)

11.

Money Stock measures (7)

Rs. crore

92,892

3,79,449 (P)

4,22,533 (P)

4,71,409 (P)

4,71,409 (P)

4,96,112(P)

4,95,186 (P)

"

2,65,828

13,13,220 (P)

15,00,003 (P)

17,24,578 (P)

17,24,578 (P)

17,77,470 (P)

17,90,209 (P)

Cash Reserve Ratio and Interest Rates

12.

Cash Reserve Ratio (2), (16)

Percent

15.00

8.00

5.50

4.75

4.75

4.75

4.75

13.

Bank Rate

Percent

Per annum

10.00

7.00

6.50

6.25

6.25

6.25

6.00

14.

Inter-bank call money rate (Mumbai) (8)

"

4.00/70.00

4.00/19.00

4.00/20.00

3.00/12.00

3.00/12.00

1.00-12.00

1.80-5.25

15.

Deposit Rate (9)

(a) 30 days and 1 year

"

8.00 (11) }

5.25-7.25

5.00-6.75

4.25-5.50

4.25-5.50

4.00-5.50

4.25-5.50

(b) 1 year and above

"

9.00-11.00

8.50-10.00

7.50-8.50

5.25-6.25

5.25-6.25

5.25-6.25

5.25-6.00

16.

Prime Lending Rate (10)

"

—

11.00-12.00

11.00-12.00

10.75-11.50

10.75-11.50

10.75-11.50

10.50-11.50

17.

Yield on 12.50% Loan 2004

"

—

10.15

7.53

6.07

5.79

5.29

4.95

18.

Yield on 11.50% Loan 2008

"

—

10.57

8.96

7.03

6.39

6.12

5.59

Government Securities Market (2)

19.

Govt. of India 91-day Treasury Bills

(Total outstandings)

Rs. crore

1,830

4,501

9,627

9,627

7,469

6,742

Item

Unit / Base

1990-91

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003

Mar.

Apr.

May

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Price Indices

20.

Wholesale prices (13)

1993-94=100

(a)

Allcommodities

"

182.7 ⁺

155.7

161.3

..

..

..

..

(b)

Primary articles

"

184.9 ⁺

162.5

168.4

..

..

..

..

(c)

Fuel, power, light and lubricants

"

175.8 ⁺

208.1

226.7

..

..

..

..

(d)

Manufactured products

"

182.8 ⁺

141.7

144.3

..

..

..

..

(e)

Foodgrains (Cereals + Pulses)

"

179.2 ⁺

173.8

172.4

..

..

..

..

(f)

Edible oils

"

223.3 ⁺

103.3

112.9

..

..

..

..

(g)

Sugar, khandsari & gur

"

152.3 ⁺

153.2

146.1

..

..

..

..

(h)

Raw cotton

"

145.5 ⁺

157.3

148.7

..

..

..

..

21.

Consumer prices (All-India) (1)

(a)

Industrial Workers

1982=100

193

444

463

482

487

493

494

(b)

Urban Non-Manual Employees

1984-85=100

161

371

390

405

410

413

415

(c)

Agricultural Labourers

July1986-

June 1987=100

..

304

311

..

324

326

..

ForeignTrade

22.

Value of imports

U.S. $ Million

24,073

50,536

51,413

59,366 (P)

5,548 (P)

5,867 (P)

..

23.

Value of exports

"

18,145

44,560

43,827

51,685 (P)

4,774 (P)

4,343 (P)

..

24.

Balance of trade

"

–5,927

–5,976

–7,587

–7,681 (P)

–775 (P)

–1,524

..

25.

Foreign exchange reserves (14)

(a)

Foreign currency assets

U.S. $ Million

2,236

39,554

51,049

71,890

71,890

74,253

77,932

(b)

Gold

"

3,496

2,725

3,047

3,534

3,534

3,389

3,673

(c)

SDRs

"

102

2

10

4

4

4

1

Employment Exchange Statistics (15)

26.

Number of registrations

Thousand

6,541

6,042

5,553

5,064

229

..

..

27.

Number of applicants

(a)

Placed in employment

"

265

176

171

153

14

..

..

(b)

On live register (14)

"

34,632

41,344

41,996

41,171

40,746

..

..

* : Base : 1980-81 = 100.
+: Base : 1981-82 = 100.
Q.E. : Quick Estimate.
A.E. : Advance Estimate.
Also see 'Notes on Tables'.