NO. 1 : SELECTED ECONOMIC INDICATORS

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NO. 1 : SELECTED ECONOMIC INDICATORS



Item			Unit/Base	1990-91	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97			1997-98			1998
													May		Jun.		Jul.
1			2	3	4	5	6			7			8		9		10

Output
1.	Gross Domestic Product
	at Factor Cost (at 1980-81 prices)		Rs. crore	2,12,253	2,57,700	2,76,132	2,96,845			3,11,887
				(P)	(P)	(P)	(Q.E.	)		(R.E.	)
2.	Index number of Agricultural		Triennium ended
	Production (All crops)		1981-82=100	148.4	165.2	161.2	176.2(P		)	169.8(E		)
	a.	Foodgrains Production	million tonnes	176.4	191.5	180.4	199.3(P		)	194.1(P		)
3.	General index of
	Industrial Production (1)		1993-94=100	212.6*	108.4	122.3	129.1			137.5			137.9(	QE)	..		..
Money and Banking
Reserve Bank of India (2)
4.	Notes in circulation		Rs. crore	53,784	1,02,302	1,20,073	1,34,889			1,48,520			1,60,352		1,57,638		1,52,580
5.	Rupee Securities (3)		"	86,035	98,091	1,17,169	1,10,634			1,25,956			1,34,186		1,41,158		1,44,378
6.	Loans and discount		"	19,900	20,170	16,496	19,809			13,963			19,678		20,306		17,617
(a)	Scheduled commercial banks (4)		"	8,169	7,415	4,847	560			395			308		360		643
(b)	State co-operative banks (4)		"	38	5	1	-			-			-		11		-
(c)	Bills purchased and discounted
	(internal)		"	-	-	-	-			-			-		-		-
Scheduled Commercial banks
7.	Aggregate deposits (5)		Rs. crore	1,92,542	3,86,859	4,33,819	5,05,599			6,05,410			6,15,454(P	)	6,23,652(P	)	6,32,375(P	)
8.	Bank credit (5)			1,16,301	2,11,560	2,54,015	2,78,401			3,24,079			3,20,761(P	)	3,18,954(P	)	3,22,566(P	)
9.	Investment in Govt. Securities (5)		"	49,998	1,17,685	1,32,227	1,58,890			1,86,957			2,01,262(P	)	2,01,706(P	)	2,05,871(P	)
10.	Cheque clearances (6)		Rs. thousand	1,703	3,237	3,447	4,121			5,022(P		)	399(P	)	395(P	)	..
			crore
11.	Money Stock measures (7)		Rs. crore
	(a)	M1	"	92,892	1,92,257	2,14,835	2,40,615(P		)	2,67,222(P		)	2,76,289(P	)	2,75,908(P	)	2,69,367(P	)
	(b)	M3	"	2,65,828	5,31,426	6,04,007	7,01,848(P		)	8,25,389(P		)	8,46,014(P	)	8,55,403(P	)	8,61,623(P	)
Interest Rates
12.	Bank Rate		per cent	10.00	12.00	12.00	12.00			10.50			9.00		9.00		9.00
			per annum
13.	Inter-bank call money rate		per cent
	(Mumbai) (8)		per annum	4.0-70.0	0.25-60.0	0.25-85.0	0.10-20.0			0.05/120.0			3.0-9.60		2.50-9.0		1.25-9.0
14.	Deposit Rate (9)
	a.	30 days and 1 year	"	8.0 (11)	11.0 (12)	12.0 (13)	10.0 (14)			Free			5.0-8.0		5.0-8.0		5.0-8.5
	b.	1 year and above	"	9.0-11.0			Free			Free			9.0-12.0		9.0-12.0		10.00-12.0
15.	Prime Lending Rate(10)		"		15.0	16.5	14.5-15.0			14.0			12.75-14.0		12.75-13.0		12.75-13.0
16.	Yield on Zero Coupon Bond 1999		"	..	..	..	..			..			8.70		10.05		9.45
17.	Yield on 11.5% Loan 2008		"	..	..	..	..			..			11.90		11.84		11.87
Public Finance(2)
18.	Govt. of India 91-day treasury bills		Rs.in crores
	(Total outstandings)			..	32,331	41,941	54,614			1600			3100		3405		3422


See 'Notes on Tables'.
RE	:	Revised Estimate.
QE	:	Quick Estimate.
E	:	Estimated.
*	:	Base: 1980-81=100



Item			Unit/Base	1990-91	1994-95	1995-96		1996-97		1997-98		1998
												May			Jun.		Jul.

1			2	3	4	5		6		7		8			9		10

Price Indices

19.	Wholesale prices(15)		1981-82=100
	(a)	All commodities	"	182.7	274.7	295.8		314.6		..		342.9	(P)		..		..
	(b)	Primary articles	"	184.9	283.2	304.1		328.4		..		363.7	(P)		..		..
	(c)	Fuel,power,light and lubricants	"	175.8	280.4	285.4		324.2		..		381.1	(P)		..		..
	(d)	Manufactured products	"	182.8	268.8	293.1		305.0		..		324.0	(P)		..		..
	(e)	Foodgrains	"	179.2	293.2	313.0		353.8		..		362.0	(P)		..		..
	(f)	Edible oils	1981-82=100	223.3	279.9	301.6		301.1		..		313.2	(P)		..		..
	(g)	Sugar,khandsari & gur	"	152.3	259.0	244.2		251.1		..		308.2	(P)		..		..
	(h)	Cotton raw	"	145.5	388.3	376.4		303.0		..		367.7	(P)		..		..

20.	Consumer prices (All-India) (1)
	(a)	Industrial Workers	1982=100	193	284	313		342		366		389			..		..
	(b)	Urban Non-Manual Employees	1984-85=100	161	237	259		282		302		320			..		..
	(c)	Agricultural Labourers	July 1986-
			June 1987=100	..	..	240(	18)	260		..		276			282		..

21.	Security prices		1980-81=100	500.3	1,537.3	1,189.6		1,146.8		1,061.0		1,111.9			973.0		..
	(ordinary shares) (15)

Foreign Trade

22.	Value of imports		in million	24,073	28,654	36,678		39,132(P	)	40,779(P	)	3,370(P		)	2,989(P	)	..
			of US$
23.	Value of exports		"	18,145	26,331	31,797		33,470(P	)	33,980(P	)	2,469(P		)	2,346(P	)	..
24.	Balance of trade		"	-5,928	-2,323	-4,881		-5,662(P	)	-6,799(P	)	-901(P		)	-643(P	)
25.	Foreign exchange reserves (16)		in million
	(a)	Foreign currency assets	of U.S.$	2,236	20,809	17,044		22,367		25,975(P	)	25,569(P		)	23,933(P	)	24,001(P	)
	(b)	Gold	"	3,496	4,370	4,561		4,054		3,391(P	)	3,098(P		)	3,020(P	)	3,031(P	)
	(c)	SDRs	"	102	7	82		2		1(P	)	4(P		)	81(P	)	56(P	)

Employment Exchange Statistics(17)

26.	Number of registrations		in thousand	6,541	5,927	5,858		5,872		..		..			..		..
27.	Number of applicants
	(a)	Placed in employment	"	265	205	215		233		..		..			..		..
	(b)	On live register(16)	"	34,632	36,691	36,742		37,430		..		..			..		..