TABLE 7.19
                        Status of PSU cases referred to BIFR
                              as on December 31, 1996  
_____________________________________________________________________________    
                          Total    Private    Public    Sector   Total
                                    Sector   Central     State
                                                PSUs      PSUs
____________________________________________________________________________
1.      References         2692       2504        71       117     188
        Received
2.      Registration        810        765        11        34      45
        declined        
 3.     Under scrutiny       29         29         -         -       -
4.      References         1853       1708        61        84     145
        registered      
5.      Dismissed as        406        378         3        25      28
        non-maintainable
6.      Rehabilitation      404        368        18        18      36
        schemes approved/       
        sanctioned
7.      Winding up          496        472         9        15      24
        recommended
        to High Courts
8.      Draft schemes        36         28         6         2       8
        circulated
9.      Winding up           65         57         6         2       8
        notice issued
10.     Under inquiry       142        118        11        13      24
11.     Schemes failed       28         25         1         2       3
        and reopened
12.     Pending cases        27         24          2        1       3
        remanded by
        AAIFR
13.     Stay ordered         38         31          4        3       7
        by Courts
14.     Schemes by           27         27          -        -       -
        AAIFR/SC
15.     Declared no         184        180          1        3       4
l       longer sick
_______________________________________________________________________________
.

From the database of Ministry of Finance disseminated on Internet through NICNET