TABLE 7.20
                        Profile of Sick Industrial Undertakings
                                                                   (Rs. crore)

Category                      March 1993                  March 1994                March 1995
                     No.of        Amount        No.of         Amount      No.of          Amount
                     Units   Outstanding        Units    Outstanding      Units     Outstanding
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1.      SSI sick    238176        3443.0       256452         3680.4     268815          3547.2
        units                      (2.3)                       (2.3)                      (1.7)
                                   (4.4)                       (4.6)                      (3.4)
2.      Non-SSI       1867        7901.3         1909         8151.5       1915          8739.6
                                   (5.3)                       (5.0)                      (4.3)
                                  (10.0)                      (10.1)                      (8.5)
3.      Non-SSI        657        1790.1          591         1863.8        476          1452.2
        weak units                 (1.2)                       (1.2)                      (0.7)
                                   (2.3)                       (2.3)                      (1.4)
4.      All sick    240700       13134.4       258952        13695.7     271206         13739.0
        industrial                 (8.8)                       (8.5)                      (6.7)
        units(1 to 3)             (16.7)                      (17.0)                     (13.3)
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Note    : Figures in first bracket indicate percentage  share to the total  bank credit and the 
          ones in second bracket  indicate  percentage  share to  the total  bank  advances  to
          industry.
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