showing a rise of 6.4% and 14.1% respectively, over and above the increase of 8.6% during the year ended March 31,2006, thereby reversing the declining trend of previous years, as shown in the next table:  Year ended March 31,  Deposits Number of (Rs.billion) UCBs  Growth %)  (in  Advances (Rs.
billion)  Growth %)  1991  1306  101.57  -  80.03  2001  1618  808.40  -  543.89  2002  1854  930.69  15.1  620.60  14.1  2003  1941  1015.46  9.1  648.80  4.5  2004  1926  1102.56  8.6  679.30  4.7  2005  1872  1050.21  -4.7  668.74  -1.6  2006  1853  1140.60  8.6  716.41  7.1  2007  1813  1213.91  6.4  797.33  11.3  2008  1770  1384.96  14.1  889.81  11.6  (in  The progress so far in handling the crisis of UCBs is on account of having adopted a flexible approach and being sensitive to the ground realities.