Table 2: Finances of Non-Government Non-Financial Public Limited Companies : Expenditure    
                  (Rs.crore)  
  Number of Expenditure* Mfg.Expenses Wage Cost Other Expenditure Interest
Year Compa- Total Growth Total Growth Total Growth Total Growth Total Growth
  nies   Rates   Rates   Rates   Rates Rates
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2004-05 2214 514574 21.9 367077 27.1 41168 16.3 92061 11.1 14268 -5.8
2003-04 422110 13.2 288723 15.8 35387 13.9 82857 10.1 15143 -11.9
2002-03 372825 249295 31081 75254 17195  
2003-04 2201 406836 12.5 277394 15.0 33919 14.9 80799 8.5 14724 -11.5
2002-03 361759 8.4 241148 10.7 29519 9.4 74453 6.1 16639 -11.2
2001-02 333764 217884 26990 70146 18744  
2002-03 2031 343446 8.7 227925 11.7 28132 9.1 70113 4.7 17276 -9.8
2001-02 315958 -3.3 204046 -7.0 25793 8.3 66961 6.0 19158 -5.1
2000-01 326614 219421 23819 63193 20181  
2001-02 2024 343407 -1.8 225687 -4.7 27190 7.7 70748 4.9 19782 -2.7
2000-01 349776 9.5 236764 8.9 25237 9.7 67449 11.8 20326 8.0
1999-00 319555 217388 23011 60343 18813  
2000-01 1927 312371 9.6 202154 9.6 25558 9.0 65615 10.5 19044 7.0
1999-00 284994 11.9 184391 12.9 23454 7.9 59359 11.8 17790 6.7
1998-99 254797 163307 21739 53082 16669  
1999-00 1914 284128 11.9 183766 13.2 23214 7.7 58776 11.2 18372 7.5
1998-99 253846 7.9 162344 6.3 21550 10.4 52863 10.9 17089 10.5
1997-98 235313 152661 19520 47662 15470  
1998-99 1848 260399 6.7 167089 4.7 22789 11.1 53508 10.3 17013 11.1
1997-98 243972 10.6 159631 8.1 20503 13.3 48531 17.3 15307 12.5
1996-97 220685 147608 18093 41378 13606  
1997-98 1948 246142 7.9 160077 5.7 21219 11.8 49021 13.5 15825 9.4
1996-97 228044 11.9 151401 10.6 18984 12.3 43197 10.7 14462 30.5
1995-96 203877 136866 16899 39027 11085  
1996-97 1930 227949 11.4 152543 10.6 18745 11.9 42651 9.7 14010 25.7
1995-96 204699 24.0 137901 24.7 16754 19.7 38894 23.3 11150 25.0
1994-95 165067 110613 13998 31538 8918  
1995-96 1730 182698 23.4 123110 24.0 15546 19.1 33686 22.7 10356 26.2
1994-95 148023 20.9 99306 23.2 13054 15.1 27460 19.6 8203 8.1
1993-94 122482 80592 11346 22957 7587  
1994-95 1720 149415 20.7 100305 22.7 13243 13.9 27675 21.1 8192 8.1
1993-94 123834 10.3 81768 10.0 11631 13.8 22860 12.1 7575 3.1
1992-93 112282 74325 10222 20390 7345  
1993-94 1700 129136 10.3 84927 10.2 12009 12.9 24082 12.6 8118 1.2
1992-93 117096 14.8 77058 13.1 10641 13.3 21379 18.2 8018 25.2
1991-92 102006 68128 9389 18085 6404  
1992-93 1802 122686 14.5 80760 13.3 11358 12.7 22285 17.3 8283 21.8
1991-92 107157 19.4 71284 19.1 10077 13.3 18995 20.8 6801 28.7
1990-91 89764 59855 8897 15729 5283  
1991-92 1836 105860 18.9 70177 18.7 10153 12.9 18927 19.9 6603 28.3
1990-91 89043 59121 8991 15784 5147  
1990-91 2131 97313 15.1 64906 15.3 9858 12.3 16905 15.3 5644 16.2
1989-90 84577 20.8 56282 21.3 8777 12.9 14662 23.4 4856 22.0
1988-89 70031 46394 7774 11882 3981  
1989-90 1908 82799 20.1 55362 20.5 8627 13.0 14184 22.8 4626 21.9
1988-89 68937 20.1 45962 21.8 7632 13.3 11547 18.9 3796 16.9
1987-88 57421 37729 6736 9709 3247  
1988-89 1885 69757 19.0 46525 20.7 7838 12.8 11597 18.0 3797 15.8
1987-88 58605 11.6 38546 10.6 6948 11.3 9831 15.0 3280 14.4
1986-87 52517 34858 6243 8548 2868  
1987-88 1953 57940 10.7 37941 8.9 6947 10.5 9803 17.1 3249 14.0
1986-87 52332 9.2 34825 8.3 6287 8.8 8371 9.5 2849 22.9
1985-86 47909 32169 5776 7645 2319  
1986-87 1942 52141 8.5 34667 7.4 6419 8.7 8225 8.8 2830 21.7
1985-86 48077 15.1 32286 15.6 5904 12.7 7561 15.1 2326 15.5
1984-85 41760 27935 5241 6570 2014  
1985-86 1867 47405 14.4 31732 14.5 5864 12.3 7507 15.0 2302 16.0
1984-85 41453 15.2 27720 15.5 5223 10.8 6526 18.6 1984 13.8
1983-84 35970 24010 4712 5504 1744  
1984-85 1838 41291 15.2 27646 15.6 5241 10.4 6438 17.9 1966 14.7
1983-84 35835 8.5 23912 6.1 4748 11.4 5461 16.2 1714 12.1
1982-83   33035   22542   4263   4701   1529  
* Expenditure = Mfg.Expenses+Remuneration to Emp.+ Other Expenditure (incl depreciation)+ Interest  
See also table 3,4,5 fordetails of mfg.expenses,remuneration to employees and other expenditure  
Source: RBI(2006), Finances of Public Limited Companies 2004-05, RBI Bulletin, September.