Further, for the first time since the introduction of CP in 1990, in the current financial year up to December 2004, the share of Lasing and Finance Companies at 54 per cent is more than the share of manufacturing companies at 34 per cent.
The shares of FIs have also increased dramatically from an average of only one percent during 2001-02 to 18 percent during 2003-04 before declining to 12 per cent during 2004-05 so far.