(Rs. crore)

			2003 - 2004			2002 - 2003
			Outstanding		Variations	Outstanding		Variations
			as on		(3) - (2)	as on		(6) - (5)
Item			2003	2004		2002	2003
			Mar. 21	Feb. 20		Mar. 22	Feb. 21
1			2	3	4	5	6	7
1.	Bank Credit		7,29,215	8,10,965	81,750	5,89,723	7,09,483	1,19,760
					(11.2)			(20.3)
	A.	Food Credit	49,479	35,268	–14,211	53,978	50,227	–3,751
	B. Non-Food Credit		6,79,736	7,75,697	95,961	5,35,745	6,59,256	1,23,511
					(14.1)			(23.1)
2.	Investments £		92,854	87,774 @	–5,080	81,000	92,983 +	11,983
	A.	Commercial Paper	4,007	4,210	203	8,497	5,376	–3,121
	B.	Shares issued by (a + b)	9,019	8,641	–378	5,914	8,847	2,933
		(a) Public Sector Undertakings	1,430	1,274	–156	1,587	1,462	–125
		(b) Private Corporate Sector	7,589	7,366	–223	4,327	7,385	3,058
	C.	Bonds/Debentures issued by (a + b)	79,828	74,923	–4,904	66,589	78,760	12,171
		(a) Public Sector Undertakings	46,854	46,837	–17	39,520	46,711	7,191
		(b) Private Corporate Sector	32,973	28,086	–4,887	27,069	32,050	4,981
3.	Bills rediscounted with Financial Institutions		105	791 @@	686	906	455 ++	–451
4.	Total (1B + 2 + 3)		7,72,695	8,64,262	91,567	6,17,650	7,52,694	1,35,044

@ : Upto February 6, 2004. @@ : Upto January 31, 2004. + : Upto February 7, 2003. ++ : Upto January 31, 2003.

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.