(Rs. crore)

2006 - 2007

2005 - 2006

Outstanding

Variation

Outstanding

Variation

as on

(3) - (2)

as on

(6) - (5)

2006

2005

Item

Mar. 31

May 12

Mar. 18

May 13

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1.

Bank Credit

14,96,474

14,87,631

–8,843

11,00,428

11,39,535

39,106

(–0.6)

(3.6)

A.

Food Credit

40,691

38,474

–2,217

41,121

44,371

3,251

B.

Non-Food Credit

14,55,783

14,49,157

–6,626

10,59,308

10,95,163

35,855

(–0.5)

(3.4)

[10,26,426]

2.

Investments

81,072

80,636 @

–436

93,664

93,074 +

–590

A.

Commercial Paper

4,821

4,760

–61

3,891

3,711

–180

B.

Shares issued by (a + b)

12,802

14,856

2,054

11,902

12,229

328

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

1,884

2,073

189

1,613

1,780

166

(b) Private Corporate Sector

10,918

12,783

1,865

10,288

10,450

161

C.

Bonds/Debentures issued by (a + b)

63,449

61,020

–2,429

77,871

77,133

–738

(a) Public Sector Undertakings

32,574

32,286

–288

45,937

47,336

1,399

(b) Private Corporate Sector

30,875

28,734

–2,141

31,934

29,797

–2,137

3.

Bills rediscounted with Financial Institutions

@@

401

784 ++

383

4.

Total (1B + 2 + 3)

15,36,855

15,29,793

–7,062

11,53,373

11,89,021

35,648

@ : Upto April 28, 2006. + : Upto April 29, 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.
6. Data on Bills Rediscounted for the financial year 2006-07 is not available.