Investments of Scheduled Commercial Banks (End-March 1996) - ଆରବିଆଇ - Reserve Bank of India
Investments of Scheduled Commercial Banks (End-March 1996)
The Reserve Bank of India conducts annual survey of investments of Scheduled Commercial Banks in India (excluding Regional Rural Banks) as at the end of March of each year and the results are published in the RBI Bulletin . This article analyses the results of the survey for the year ended March 1996.@
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(Rs.Crore) | ||
Category | 1995 | 1996 |
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(1) | (2) | (3) |
I. Investments by Offices in India | 1,74,146 | 1,90,233 |
(98.8) | (98.5) | |
(A) Indian Government Securities | 1,20,861 | 1,35,980 |
(68.5) | (70.4) | |
i) Central Government Securities | 98,064 | 1,10,319 |
(55.6) | (57.1) | |
ii) State Governments' Securities | 22,797 | 25,661 |
(12.9) | (13.3) | |
(B) Other Domestic Securities | 53,202 | 54,109 |
(30.2) | (28.0) | |
a) Other Trustee Securities | 32,123 | 31,792 |
(18.2) | (16.5) | |
ii) Securities Counting for SLR | 31,330 | 31,267 |
(17.8) | (16.2) | |
ii) Units of UTI | 793 | 525 |
(0.4) | (0.3) | |
b) Others (Not counting for SLR) | 21,079 | 22,317 |
(12.0) | (11.5) | |
i) Shares and Debentures of Joint Stock Companies | 17,678 | 19,973 |
(10.0) | (10.3) | |
ii) Fixed Deposits | 311 | 378 |
(0.2) | (0.2) | |
iii) Certificate of Deposits and Commercial Papers | 2,096 | 830 |
(1.2) | (0.4) | |
iv) Mutual Funds | 514 | 532 |
(0.3) | (0.3) | |
v) Others | 480 | 604 |
(0.3) | (0.3) | |
(C) Foreign Securities | 83 | 144 |
(0.1) | (0.1) | |
II. Investments by Foreign Offices of Indian Banks | 2,185 | 2,937 |
(1.2) | (1.5) | |
Total Investments | 1,76,331 | 1,93,170 |
(100.0) | (100.0) | |
Note: Figures in brackets indicate percentages to total. |
2. Scope and Coverage 2.1 The survey covers investments (Indian/ Foreign securities) of all Indian Scheduled Commercial Banks (other than Regional Rural Banks) including those of the offices of Indian Scheduled Commercial Banks in foreign countries. In the case of Foreign Banks operating in India, only the investments made by their Indian branches are covered. The types of investments covered in the survey are:
2.2 The investment figures relate to the face value of investments unless otherwise indicated. Investments in real estate, bullion and securities held by banks as collateral are excluded from the purview of the survey. But the securities owned by individual banks lodged with other banks as cover for call and other loans are included in this survey. 2.3 The findings of this survey are presented in three sections. In Section I, the overall pattern of banks' investments is examined. Bank group-wise analysis is undertaken in Section II and State-wise analysis of investments is made in Section III.
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(Rs. Crore) | ||||||
Type of Securities | 1995 | 1996 | Book Value as Percentage of Face Value | |||
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Book Value | Face Value | Book Value | Face Value | 1995 | 1996 | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) |
1. Central Government | 92,288 | 94,588 | 1,05,000 | 1,09,050 | 97.6 | 96.3 |
Securities* | (62.6) | (63.3) | (64.7) | (65.5) | ||
2. State Governments' | 22,716 | 22,797 | 25,495 | 25,661 | 99.6 | 99.4 |
Securities | (15.4) | (15.2) | (15.7) | (15.4) | ||
3. Other Trustee | 32,388 | 32,123 | 31,878 | 31,791 | 100.8 | 100.3 |
Securities | (22.0) | (21.5) | (19.6) | (19.1) | ||
Total | 1,47,392 | 1,49,508 | 1,62,373 | 1,66,502 | 98.6 | 97.5 |
(100.0) | (100.0) | (100.0) | (100.0) | |||
Note: Figures in brackets indicate percentages to total * Excluding Treasury Bills |