Table 1.3 : Savings and investment


                                                                1996-97   1997-98   1998-99    1999-00    2000-01    2001-02    2002-03 2003-04

                                                                                                                                                                               (P)        (Q)

            (as per cent of GDP at current market  prices)

Gross Domestic Savings                         23.2          23.1          21.5          24.2          23.5          23.4          26.1        28.1

        a)   Public                                                1.7            1.3           -1.0           -1.0           -2.3           -2.7           -1.1        -0.3

        b)   Private                                             21.5          21.8          22.5          25.2          25.8          26.2          27.2        28.5

               i)   Household                                 17.0          17.6          18.8          20.9          21.6          22.6          23.3        24.3

                      Financial                                  10.4            9.6          10.4          10.6          10.4          11.2          10.3        11.4

                      Physical                                     6.7            8.0            8.4          10.3          11.3          11.4          13.0        13.0

               ii)   Private Corporate                        4.5            4.2            3.7            4.4            4.1            3.6            3.8          4.1

Gross Domestic Investment*                 24.5          24.6          22.6          25.3          23.8          22.6          24.8        26.3

        Public                                                       7.0            6.6            6.6            6.9            6.3            6.2            5.4          5.6

        Private                                                   14.7          16.0          14.8          16.7          16.3          16.0          17.3        17.4

        GFCF                                                     22.8          21.7          21.5          21.8          22.0          22.1          22.2        22.7

        Change in stocks                                   -1.0            0.9           -0.1            1.9            0.6            0.1            0.4          0.3

Saving-Investment Gap@                         -1.3           -1.5           -1.1           -1.1           -0.4            0.8            1.3          1.8

        Public                                                      -5.4           -5.3           -7.6           -8.0           -8.6           -8.9           -6.4        -5.9

        Private                                                     6.8            5.8            7.7            8.5            9.4          10.1            9.9        11.0


       Note :    (i) Gross domestic investment denotes gross domestic capital formation (GDCF).
                    
(ii) Figures may not add up due to rounding off.
             
* :    adjusted for errors and omissions;
           
@ :    refers to the difference between the rates of savings and investment.
     
GFCF :    Gross fixed capital formation.
            
P :    Provisional;     Q :   Quick estimates;


 
Source : Central Statistical Organisation