TABLE 2.7
                        Assets of the Central Government
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				1980-81	 1990-91   1992-93  1993-94   1994-95  1995-96	 1996-97
									          (RE)	   (BE)
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							(Rs.Crore)
1. Capital outlay	          29162	  122016    155291   182410    201499	218164	  228865
        (a)General services	   5951	   31023     37607    45024	52168	 61202	   71289
        (b)Social services	   1062	    3749      4484     4881	 5254	  5811	    6452
        (c)Economic services	  22149	   87244    113200   132505    144077	151151	  151124
2.Loans advanced by the 	  29837	  114724    135672   147466    160329	177789	  198528
  Central Government
	(a)States and Union 
           Territory 	          17335	   74111     91554   101627    115940	130206	  147288
	   Governments
	(b)Foreign Governments	    261	    2103       687	471	  466	   557	     696
	(c)Public Sector 
           Enterprises            12040	   37877     42639    44517	43046	 45987	   49350
	(d)Government Servants	    201	     633       792	851	  877	  1039	    1200
3.	Total Assets	          58999	  236740    290963   329876    361828	395953	  427393
                                                       (As per cent of GDP)
1.	Capital outlay	           21.4	    22.8      22.0     22.5	 21.1	  19.9	    18.3
	(a)	General services    4.4	     5.8       5.3	5.6	  5.5	   5.6	     5.7
	(b)	Social services	    0.8	     0.7       0.6	0.6	  0.6	   0.5	     0.5
	(c)	Economic services  16.3	    16.3      16.0     16.4	 15.1	  13.8	    12.1
2.	Loans advanced by the 	   21.9	    21.4      19.2     18.2	 16.8	  16.2	    15.9
	Central Government
	(a)	States and Union 
                Territory Govts.   12.7	    13.8      13.0     12.6	 12.2	  11.9	    11.8
		Governments
	(b)	Foreign Governments 0.2	     0.4       0.1	0.1	  0.0	   0.1	     0.1
	(c)	Public Sector 
                Enterprises	    8.9	     7.1       6.0	5.5	  4.5	   4.2	     3.9
	(d)	Government Servant  0.1      0.1       0.1	0.1	  0.1	   0.1	     0.1
3.	Total Assets	           43.4	    44.2      41.2     40.7	 37.9	  36.0	    34.1
                                                       (As per cent of total)
1.	Capital outlay	         100.00	  100.00    100.00   100.00    100.00	100.00	  100.00
	(a)	General services  20.41	   25.43     24.22    24.68	25.89	 28.05	   31.15
	(b)	Social services	   3.64	    3.07      2.89     2.68	 2.61	  2.66	    2.82
	(c)	Economic services 75.95	   71.50     72.90    72.64	71.50	 69.28	   66.03
2.	Loans advanced by the
	Central Government	 100.00	  100.00    100.00   100.00    100.00	100.00	  100.00
	(a)	States and Union 
                Territory 	  58.10	   64.60     67.48    68.92	72.31	 73.24	   74.19
		Governments
	(b)	Foreign Governments0.87	    1.83      0.51     0.32	 0.29	  0.31	    0.35
	(c)	Public Sector 
                Enterprises	  40.35	   33.02     31.43    30.19	26.85	 25.87	   24.86
	(d)	Government 
                Servants	   0.67	    0.55      0.58     0.58	 0.55	  0.58	    0.60

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