Item

Unit / Base

1990-91

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

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)

..

188.2 (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

2,66,061

2,71,835

2,76,276

5.

Rupee Securities (3)

"

86,035

1,50,569

1,39,809

1,14,998

1,02,829

1,13,861

1,14,998

6.

Loans and discount

"

19,900

28,143

23,953

14,810

12,052

12,529

14,810

(a) Scheduled Commercial Banks (4)

"

8,169

5,980

3,785

1,258

402

696

1,258

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

"

38

27

35

21

31

35

21

(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)

12,76,561 (P)

12,77,640 (P)

12,80,576 (P)

8.

Bank credit (5)

"

1,16,301

5,11,434

5,89,723

7,25,368 (P)

7,04,087 (P)

7,13,657 (P)

7,25,368 (P)

9.

Investment in Govt. Securities (5)

"

49,998

3,40,035

4,11,176

5,21,816 (P)

5,10,185 (P)

5,15,623 (P)

5,21,816 (P)

10.

Cheque clearances (6)

Rs. thousand crore

1,703

8,362

10,082

9,986 (P)

704 (P)

631 (P)

774 (P)

11.

Money Stock measures (7)

Rs. crore

92,892

3,79,449 (P)

4,22,533 (P)

4,71,409 (P)

4,53,616 (P)

4,64,192 (P)

4,74,708 (P)

(a) M ₁

"

2,65,828

13,13,220 (P)

15,00,003 (P)

17,24,578 (P)

16,97,454 (P)

17,12,722 (P)

17,27,877 (P)

(b) M ₃

Cash Reserve Ratio and Interest Rates

12.

Cash Reserve Ratio (2), (16)

Per cent

15.00

8.00

5.50

4.75

4.75

4.75

4.75

13.

Bank Rate

Per cent

Per annum

10.00

7.00

6.50

6.25

6.25

6.25

6.25

14.

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

"

4.00/70.00

4.00/19.00

4.00/20.00

3.00/12.00

3.50/7.50

2.00/7.10

3.00/12.00

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

4.25-5.75

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

5.50-6.25

5.50-6.25

5.25-6.25

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

10.75-11.50

17.

Yield on 12.50% Loan 2004

"

—

10.15

7.53

6.07

5.46

5.87

5.79

18.

Yield on 11.50% Loan 2008

"

—

10.57

8.96

7.03

..

6.72

6.39

Government Securities Market (2)

19.

Govt. of India 91-day Treasury Bills

(Total outstandings)

Rs. crore

1,830

4,501

9,627

10,621

11,406

9,627

Price Indices

20.

Wholesale prices (13)

1993-94=100

(a)

Allcommodities

"

182.7 ⁺

155.7

161.3

..

167.8

..

..

(b)

Primaryarticles

"

184.9 ⁺

162.5

168.4

..

173.8

..

..

(c)

Fuel, power, light and lubricants

"

175.8 ⁺

208.1

226.7

..

241.8

..

..

(d)

Manufactured products

"

182.8 ⁺

141.7

144.3

..

149.2

..

..

(e)

Foodgrains (Cereals + Pulses)

"

179.2 ⁺

173.8

172.4

..

175.2

..

..

(f)

Edible oils

"

223.3 ⁺

103.3

112.9

..

144.9

..

..

(g)

Sugar, khandsari & gur

"

152.3 ⁺

153.2

146.1

..

126.8

..

..

(h)

Raw cotton

"

145.5 ⁺

157.3

148.7

..

146.5

..

..

21.

Consumer prices (All-India) (1)

(a)

Industrial Workers

1982=100

193

444

463

482

483

484

487

(b)

Urban Non-Manual Employees

1984-85=100

161

371

390

390

406

408

410

(c)

Agricultural Labourers

July 1986-

June 1987=100

..

304

311

..

320

322

..

Foreign Trade

22.

Value of imports

U.S. $ Million

24,073

50,536

51,413

..

5,280 (P)

4,453 (P)

..

23.

Value of exports

"

18,145

44,560

43,827

..

4,644 (P)

4,012 (P)

..

24.

Balance of trade

"

–5,927

–5,976

–7,587

..

–636 (P)

–441 (P)

..

25.

Foreign exchange reserves (14)

(a)

Foreign currency assets

U.S. $ Million

2,236

39,554

51,049

71,890

69,888

69,148

71,890

(b)

Gold

"

3,496

2,725

3,047

3,534

3,688

3,725

3,534

(c)

SDRs

"

102

2

10

4

7

4

4

Employment Exchange Statistics (15)

26.

Number of registrations

Thousand

6,541

6,042

5,553

..

358

..

..

27.

Number of applicants

(a)

Placed in employment

"

265

176

171

..

12

..

..

(b)

On live register (14)

"

34,632

41,344

41,996

..

41,053

..

..

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