New Delhi, Aug 24: The Bombay Stock Exchange has suspended 41 companies for failure to pay listing fees for 2006-07, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

Similar action was taken against 20 companies who failed to pay the fees during 2005-06, Minister of State for Finance Pawan Kumar Bansal said in a written reply.

NSE: The National Stock Exchange received from investors 16 complaints of misuse of user-ID and password in internet trading during the past three years, the Minister said.

COOPERATIVE BANKS: About 42,480 crore was disbursed as agricultural credit by cooperative banks during 2006-07. The figures for 2005-06, 2005-04 and 2004-03 were 39,404 crore, 31,231 crore and 26,875 crore, respectively, Mr Bansal said.

RURAL HOUSING: The outstanding credit of scheduled commercial banks for rural housing was Rs 18,213 crore in 2006. It was 13,024 crore in 2005 and 7,712 crore in 2004, he said.

CREDIT: Rs 6,502 crore was the public sector bank credit outstanding with small scale industries in Uttar Pradesh, Rs 2,639 crore in Rajasthan, 945 crore in Jharkhand, Rs 712 crore in Bihar and Rs 71,636 crore in other states during 2006, the Minister said.

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