Thursday, November 3, 2011

Delhiites deposit Rs 6.40 lakh crore in banks in 2010-11

3 Nov, 2011, 09.12PM IST, PTI

NEW DELHI: A whopping Rs 6.40 lakh crore was deposited in banks in the city by people in 2010-11, which is an increase of 13 per cent compared to 2009-10.

According to latest Delhi Government data, people had deposited Rs 5.67 lakh crore in 2009-10 while the amount was Rs 5.17 lakh crore in 2008-09.

The banks have given loan of Rs 5.58 lakh crore in 2010-11 as against Rs 4.25 lakh crore during 2009-10.

According to the data, Delhiites have a total of 37,783 accounts in all the banks in the city till March 31, 2010 out of which 29,140 are savings accounts.

The per capita income in city at current prices has been estimated at Rs 1.16 lakh in the financial year 2009-10 which is an increase of Rs 13,446 over the per capita income in 2008-09.

The national per capital income for 2009-10 has been estimated at Rs 33,731. Delhi's per capita income is the third highest in the country with Goa having per capita income of Rs 1,32,719 topping the list, closely followed by Chandigarh at Rs 1,20,912.

BSE derivatives volume touches Rs 750 cr

3 Nov, 2011, 09.10PM IST, PTI
MUMBAI:The country's premier bourse BSE's derivatives trading volume crossed Rs 750-crore mark today.

The volume of derivatives trading touched Rs 759.64 crore with trading in 30 underlying shares, the exchange said in a statement.

The Index futures registered Rs 625.43 crore turnover with 23,940 contracts. Among others Index Option (call) registered a turnover of Rs 68.44 crore, Index Option (Put) Rs 12.73 crore and equity future Rs 53.03 crore, BSE said, adding 128 broker-members participated in the trading.

The exchange launched market-making scheme, known as the liquidity enhancement incentive programmes or LEIPs in September with the expectation that it would improve liquidity and benefit the retail stock market investors.

The scheme aims to generate more investor interest in derivatives, based on its benchmark Sensex and the underlying 30 stocks. The BSE has earmarked a total of Rs 107 crore for the scheme that will be in force for seven months in two phases.