Table 5: Small Savings vis-à-vis Some MACRO Economic Variables
                      (Rs.crore)
  GDP at Gross Domestic Household Share   Share   Share Gross Share
Year Current Savings Sector in Gross Financial in House Physical in House Small in House
  Market Savings Domestic Assets hold Assets hold Savings hold
  Prices       Savings   Savings   Savings   Savings
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1951-2 10566 985 (9.3) 583 59.2 14 2.4 569 97.6 148 15.0
3 10366 861 (8.3) 637 74.0 72 11.3 565 88.7 147 17.1
4 11282 888 (7.9) 655 73.8 142 21.7 513 78.3 155 17.5
5 10678 1005 (9.4) 719 71.5 282 39.2 437 60.8 177 17.6
6 10873 1370 (12.6) 1046 76.4 429 41.0 617 59.0 202 14.7
7 12951 1584 (12.2) 1178 74.4 333 28.3 845 71.7 225 14.2
8 13349 1384 (10.4) 997 72.0 291 29.2 706 70.8 263 19.0
9 14874 1407 (9.5) 1016 72.2 362 35.6 654 64.4 285 20.3
0 15675 1748 (11.2) 1301 74.4 433 33.3 868 66.7 307 17.6
1960-1 17167 1989 (11.6) 1254 63.0 456 36.4 798 63.6 338 17.0
2 18196 2127 (11.7) 1281 60.2 489 38.2 792 61.8 351 16.5
3 19566 2479 (12.7) 1533 61.8 499 32.6 1034 67.4 364 14.7
4 22482 2763 (12.3) 1618 58.6 743 45.9 875 54.1 403 14.6
5 26220 3129 (11.9) 1875 59.9 714 38.1 1161 61.9 434 13.9
6 27668 3870 (14.0) 2602 67.2 1072 41.2 1530 58.8 515 13.3
7 31305 4375 (14.0) 3223 73.7 864 26.8 2359 73.2 527 12.0
8 36649 4355 (11.9) 3210 73.7 865 26.9 2345 73.1 580 13.3
9 38823 4721 (12.2) 3349 70.9 795 23.7 2554 76.3 596 12.6
0 42750 6104 (14.3) 4440 72.7 919 20.7 3521 79.3 657 10.8
1970-1 45677 6649 (14.6) 4634 69.7 1371 29.6 3263 70.4 785 11.8
2 48932 7367 (15.1) 5219 70.8 1555 29.8 3664 70.2 914 12.4
3 53947 7872 (14.6) 5624 71.4 2128 37.8 3496 62.2 1047 13.3
4 65613 10999 (16.8) 7985 72.6 3612 45.2 4373 54.8 1290 11.7
5 77479 12380 (16.0) 8080 65.3 2374 29.4 5706 70.6 1325 10.7
6 83269 14346 (17.2) 9743 67.9 3918 40.2 5825 59.8 1553 10.8
7 89739 17408 (19.4) 11849 68.1 4852 40.9 6997 59.1 1716 9.9
8 101597 20142 (19.8) 14354 71.3 5853 40.8 8501 59.2 2033 10.1
9 110133 23676 (21.5) 17015 71.9 6658 39.1 10357 60.9 2563 10.8
0 120841 24314 (20.1) 16690 68.6 6081 36.4 10609 63.6 2918 12.0
1980-1 143764 27136 (18.9) 19868 73.2 8610 43.3 11258 56.7 3119 11.5
2 168600 31355 (18.6) 21225 67.7 9614 45.3 11611 54.7 4006 12.8
3 188262 34368 (18.3) 23216 67.6 12739 54.9 10477 45.1 4362 12.7
4 219496 38587 (17.6) 28165 73.0 13294 47.2 14871 52.8 5558 14.4
5 245515 46063 (18.8) 35067 76.1 17879 51.0 17188 49.0 7123 15.5
6 277991 54167 (19.5) 39795 73.5 18538 46.6 21257 53.4 8594 15.9
7 311177 58951 (18.9) 45072 76.5 23336 51.8 21736 48.2 8302 14.1
8 354343 72908 (20.6) 59157 81.1 26820 45.3 32337 54.7 9591 13.2
9 421567 82913 (19.7) 70657 85.2 27183 38.5 43474 61.5 12619 15.2
0 486179 106979 (22.0) 86955 81.3 37998 43.7 48957 56.3 16875 15.8
1990-1 568674 131340 (23.1) 109897 83.7 49640 45.2 60257 54.8 18016 13.7
2 653117 143908 (22.0) 110736 76.9 62101 56.1 48635 43.9 17238 12.0
3 748367 162906 (21.8) 131073 80.5 65367 49.9 65706 50.1 17735 10.9
4 859220 193621 (22.5) 158310 81.8 94738 59.8 63572 40.2 24077 12.4
5 1012770 251463 (24.8) 199358 79.3 120733 60.6 78625 39.4 34667 13.8
6 1188012 298747 (25.1) 216140 72.3 105719 48.9 110421 51.1 32748 11.0
7 1368209 317261 (23.2) 233252 73.5 141661 60.7 91591 39.3 33612 10.6
8 1522547 352178 (23.1) 268437 76.2 146777 54.7 121660 45.3 46935 13.3
9 1740985 374659 (21.5) 326802 87.2 180346 55.2 146456 44.8 55820 14.9
0 1936831 468681 (24.2) 404401 86.3 205743 50.9 198658 49.1 69695 14.9
2000-1 2089500 490049 (23.5) 452268 92.3 216774 47.9 235494 52.1 79311 16.2
2 2271984 532274 (23.4) 513110 96.4 253964 49.5 253964 49.5 81753 15.4
3 2463324 642298 (26.1) 574681 89.5 254439 44.3 320242 55.7 105601 16.4
4 2760025 776420 (28.1) 671692 86.5 314261 46.8 357431 53.2 135970 17.5
5 3105512 158519
0 1958814 487301 (24.9) 416726 85.5 206602 49.6 210124 50.4 69695 14.3
2000-1 2107661 496272 (23.5) 446317 89.9 215219 48.2 231098 51.8 79311 16.0
2 2281305 537966 (23.6) 502674 93.4 247476 49.2 255198 50.8 81753 15.2
3 2449736 648994 (26.5) 565408 87.1 253256 44.8 312152 55.2 105601 16.3
4 2760224 797512 (28.9) 648634 81.3 316444 48.8 332190 51.2 135970 17.0
5 3121414 907416 (29.1) 687079 75.7 320777 46.7 366302 53.3 158519 17.5
6 3531451                 170421  
Note: Figures in brackets are percentage to GDP              
Source: EPWRF(2004), National Accounts Statistics of India 1950-51 to 2002-03, EPW Research Foundation December
   RBI (2005), Handbook of Statistics on The Indian Economy 2004-05, Reserbe Bank of India, September 9.