(Rs. crore)Item19992000Variation Apr. 9Mar. 31 Apr. 7#Week Year123 45 6Notes in circulation1,77,6531,92,4831,97,3614,878 19,708Notes issued1,77,6831,92,5351,97,3874,852 19,704Notes held in Banking Department2951 26-25 -3Deposits : Central Government100500 100-400 —State Governments1441 41— 27Scheduled Commercial Banks64,00077,781 47,483-30,298 -16,517Scheduled State Co-operative Banks730816 620-196 -110Other Banks1,1071,863 1,704-159 597Others6,1375,551 6,7401,189 603

Variation overItemAs on April 7, 2000WeekEnd- March 2000End- December 1999Year Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.1234567891011Total Reserves1,66,52538,17761214161214114,5823,24227,2615,530of which : (a) Foreign Currency Assets1,53,53635,19961214161214114,4023,20726,8655,520 (b) Gold12,9732,974————1823541414 (c) SDRs164————-2—-18-4 Note: 1. Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of revaluati

(Rs. crore) Outstanding Variation over as on Item 2000 Financial year so farYear-on-year Mar. 31# Month 1999-200020001 2 3 45Liabilities to the Banking System Demand and time deposits from banks40,554 3,894 8,1448,144Borrowings from Banks(1) 15,166 3,095 3,0943,094Other demand and time liabilities(2) 978 47 256256Liabilities to Others Aggregate deposits 8,41,967@ 36,208 1,27,9421,27,942 (4.5) (17.9)(17.9) [18.4][18.4]Demand 1,36,459 13,591 19,03619,036Time 7,05,508@ 2

(per cent per annum) 1999 2000 Item / week endedApr. 2Feb. 25Mar. 3Mar. 10Mar. 17Mar. 24Mar. 3112345678Bank Rate8.008.008.008.008.008.008.00I.D.B.I.(1)13.5013.5013.5013.5013.5013.5013.50Prime Lending Rate(2)12.00-12.5012.00-12.5012.00-12.5012.00-12.50 12.00-12.5012.00-12.5012.00-12.50Deposit Rate(3)9.00-11.008.00-10.508.00-10.508.50-10.508.50-10.508.50-10.508.50-10.50Call Money Rate (Low / High)(4) - Borrowings7.00 / 14.007.50 / 14.504.50 / 11.304.50 / 11.507.50 / 9.5

(Rs. crore) 1999-20001998-99 OutstandingVariationsOutstandingVariations as on(3) - (2)as on (6)- (5) Item 19992000 19981999 Mar. 26 Mar. 24 Mar. 27Mar. 26 1 23 456 7 1.Bank Credit 3,68,8374,34,182 65,3443,24,0793,68,83744,759 (17.7) (13.8) A.Food Credit 16,81625,691 8,87512,48516,8164,331 B.Non-Food Credit 3,52,0214,08,490 56,4693,11,5943,52,02140,428 (16.0) (13.0) 2.Investments 48,35560,908@12,55332,48847,988 +15,500 A.Commercial Paper 4,0135,392 1,3792,4434,0881,645

Foreign 1999 2000 1999 2000 Currency Apr. 9Apr. 3Apr. 4Apr. 5+Apr. 6Apr. 7Apr. 9Apr. 3Apr. 4Apr. 5 + Apr. 6Apr. 71234567891011121314 RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per U.S. Dollar) Foreign Currency per Rs. 100@ 42.680043.620043.6300 43.630043.6200 (Based on Middle Rates) FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S.{ Buying42.670043.610043.6250 43.625043.61502.34302.29252.29202.29202.2925DollarSelling42.680043.620043.6350 43.635043.6250 Pound{ Buying68.527569.2825

(Rs. crore) Outstanding as onVariation over Financial year so farYear-on-year 19992000 Fortnight1998-991999-20001999 2000 Item Mar. 31#Mar. 24#Amount%Amount%Amount%Amount%Amount% 1 2345678910111213 M3 9,78,633*11,15,4176,4630.61,57,314*19.21,36,785*14.01,57,151*19.11,36,772*14.0 (17.0) (14.2) (16.9) (14.2)Components (i+ii+iii+iv) (i)Currency with the Public 1,68,9701,92,993-2,611-1.324,77417.024,02314.223,49016.022,64113.3(ii)Demand deposits with banks 1,36,0351,47,35

(Rs. crore) OutstandingVariation over as on Financial year so far 20002000Week1999-20002000-2001Year ItemMar. 31#Apr.7#Amount%Amount%Amount%Amount%1234567891011 Reserve Money2,80,2432,55,656-24,587-8.8-8,072-3.1-24,587-8.84,3831.7 Components (i+ii+iii) (i)Currency in circulation1,96,6782,01,5554,8772.55,6533.24,8772.520,05511.0 (ii)Bankers' deposits with RBI80,46049,807-30,653-38.1-13,865-17.4-30,653-38.1-16,031-24.3 (iii)"Other" deposits with RBI3,1054,2941,189 139 1

(Rs. crore)Date ofDate ofNotifiedBids ReceivedBids AcceptedDevolvement onTotalWeigh-ImplicitAmountAuctionIssueAmountNumberTotal Face ValueNumberTotal Face ValuePDs/SDs*RBIIssuetedYield atOutstanding Com-Non- Com-Non- (8+9+AverageCut-offas on the petitiveCom- petitiveCom- 10+11)PricePriceDate of Issue petitive petitive (per cent)(Face Value)1 2 34567891011121314151999-2000 Jul.2Jul.31001833020015100200——30099.688.6084600Oct.1Oct.4100163051,00021001,000——1,10099.688.346

(Rs. crore)Date ofDate ofNotifiedBids ReceivedBids AcceptedDevolvement onTotalWeigh-ImplicitAmountAuctionIssueAmountNumberTotal Face ValueNumberTotal Face ValuePDs/SDs*RBIIssuetedYield atOutstanding Com-Non- Com-Non- (8+9+AverageCut-offas on the petitiveCom- petitiveCom- 10+11)PricePriceDate of Issue petitive petitive (per cent)(Face Value)1 2 345 67891011121314151999-2000 Jul.2Jul.310014119 2577325—2712597.739.29093,505Oct.1Oct.410014114 —————10010097.699.45851,735@J

(Rs. crore)Date ofDate ofNotifiedBids ReceivedBids AcceptedDevolve-TotalWeigh-ImplicitAmountAuctionIssueAmountNumberTotal Face ValueNumberTotal Face ValuementIssuetedYield atOutstanding Com-Non- Com-Non-on(8+9+10)AverageCut-offas on the petitiveCom- petitiveCom-RBI PricePriceDate of Issue petitive petitive (per cent)(Face Value)1 2 345 6789 10111213141999-2000 Oct.13Oct.1410015114 ———— 10010095.299.88561,700 @Jan.5Jan.610027337 —9100— —10095.359.81961,900Mar.1Mar.2100

(Rs. crore)Date ofDate ofNotifiedBids ReceivedBids AcceptedDevolvement onTotalWeigh-ImplicitAmountAuctionIssueAmountNumberTotal Face ValueNumberTotal Face ValuePDs/SDs*RBIIssuetedYield atOutstanding Com- Non- Com-Non- (8+9+AverageCut-offas on the petitiveCom- petitiveCom- 10+11)PricePriceDate of Issue petitive$ petitive$ (per cent)(Face Value)1 2 345 6789 1011121314151999-2000 Jul.14Jul.1550031611 —12218— —28250090.6410.326613,300Oct.6Oct.750020573 —3110— —39050090.64

(Rs. crore)Fortnight endedTotal AmountIssued duringRate of Interest Outstanding #the fortnight #(per cent)@1 2 34Apr.9, 1999 3,494 677.00 — 12.50Jul.2, 1999 2,111 306.25 — 11.50Oct.8, 1999 1,868 1016.75 — 11.00Jan.28, 2000 1,385 488.00 — 11.00Feb.11, 2000 1,374 788.00 — 11.00Feb.25, 2000 1,280 787.75 — 13.24@ : Effective interest rate range per annum.

(Rs. crore)Fortnight ended Total AmountReported duringRate of Interest Outstandingthe fortnight(per cent)@1 23 4Apr.15, 1999 5,0291,386 9.15 — 12.00Jul.15, 1999 6,311754 9.30 — 12.00Oct.15, 1999 6,6891,104 9.91 — 11.75Jan.15, 2000 7,7471,092 9.05 — 11.65Mar.15, 2000 6,436774 9.85 — 12.25Mar.31, 2000 5,663860 10.00 — 12.00@ : Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.

19992000Percentage Variation overItem / Week ended WeightMar. 27Jan. 29*Mar. 25#WeekMonthEndYear March 1 23456789ALL COMMODITIES 100.00353.3364.8366.5-1.03.73.7Primary Articles 32.30374.9385.9388.2-0.41.83.53.5(i) Fruits and Vegetables4.09410.5400.5427.90.59.04.24.2Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants10.66390.5441.5444.9-1.513.913.9Manufactured Products 57.04334.2338.6339.60.20.51.61.6(i) Sugar, Khandsari and Gur4.06288.1300.5298.80.61.43.73.7(ii) Edible Oils 2.45353.729

1999 2000 Apr. 7Apr. 3Apr. 4Apr. 5Apr. 6Apr. 71 234567BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100)3,586.805,052.944,691.464,757.064,866.735,219.20S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000)1,031.051,534.751,428.101,434.651,452.951,557.15

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Feb. 18, 2000Feb. 25, 2000Mar. 3, 2000Mar. 10, 2000Mar. 17, 2000Mar. 24, 2000Mar. 31, 20001 23456781.Banks (a)Borrowings11,3239,32412,43410,58911,97911,69312,296 (b)Lendings9,7027,2679,7065,8227,7289,0597,8842.Primary Dealers (a)Borrowings5,5975,6666,0126,1956,4757,3045,759 (b)Lendings1,9951,4732,1131,6822,8072,6593,1493.Non-Bank Institutions (a)Lendings1,0471,9772,6203,4343,4612,6172,5294.Total (a)Borrowings16,92014,99018,44616,78418,45418,9971

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Item / Week ended Mar. 3, 2000Mar. 10, 2000Mar. 17, 2000Mar. 24, 2000 Mar. 31, 2000Apr. 7, 20001 234567I. Outright Transactions (a)Govt. of India Dated Securities 17,1859,7928,1896,41712,74719,247(b)State Government Securities 7053718615714(c)14 - Day Treasury Bills 24948851248010(d)91 - Day Treasury Bills 488249392354524489(e)182 - Day Treasury Bills 82 109198251207(f)364 - Day Treasury Bills 3,2753,1951,4052,0334,3882,081II. RBI* 2,34491611636

(US$ Million) MerchantInter-bank FCY/ INRFCY/ FCYFCY / INRFCY/FCY SpotForwardForwardSpotForwardForwardSpotSwapForwardSpotSwapForward Cancel- Cancel- Position Date lation lation 12345678910111213 Purchases Mar. 20, 2000+ Mar. 21, 200068095232435257577785322816848 Mar. 22, 20003441143217501368110013132913111 Mar. 23, 2000371713636201855184810131417538 Mar. 24, 200028570222422294355474939414315 Sales Mar. 20, 2000+ Mar. 21, 2000542123242436168438125225224447 Mar. 22, 200

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Mar. 3, 2000Mar. 11, 2000Mar. 18, 2000Mar. 25, 2000Apr. 1, 2000Apr. 8, 20001234567Amount2.300.3512.4615.540.020.01Source : National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.

19992000ItemAs on FridayApr. 9Mar. 10Mar. 17Mar. 24Mar. 31Apr. 712345678Standard GoldOpening4,3504,6004,5504,5204,4004,480(Rs. per 10 grams) Closing4,3654,6004,5404,5004,3804,475 Silver (999.0 fineness)Opening7,6308,0358,0008,0007,9008,015(Rs. per kilogram) Closing7,6408,0158,0107,9957,9008,020Note : In case Friday is a holiday, prices relate to the preceding working day.Source : Bombay Bullion Association Ltd.

(Rs. crore) April 7, 2000Variation in Total Treasury BillsHoldersTreasury Bills of Different MaturitiesTotalOver theOver End 14 Day14 Day91 Day182 Day364 Day(2+3+4+WeekMarch (Auction)(Intermediate)(Auction)(Auction) (Auction)5+6) 1 2345 67 89 Reserve Bank of India123—358355 5,9426,778 -21-21 Banks 65—623438 5,7646,890 355355 State Governments 1251,384—— —1,509 -908-908 Others 12122539508 1,2942,475 -303-303

(Devolvement / Private Placement on RBI and OMO Sales/ Purchases)(Face Value in Rs. crore) Gross Amount RaisedNet Amount Raised 2000-20011999-2000 1999-20002000-20011999-20001999-2000 (Upto (Upto (Upto(Upto Apr. 7, 2000)Apr. 9, 1999) Apr. 7, 2000)Apr. 9, 1999) 1 2 3 4 567 1. Total — 6,000 86,630 —1,58370,276of which : 1.1 Devolvement/Private Placement on RBI— 3,000 27,000 2. RBI's OMO Sales27 4,191 36,613 Purchases— — 1,244

(Amount in Rs. crore) For the Week Ended March 31, 2000For the Week Ended April 7, 2000ItemAmountYTM (%PA) IndicativeAmountYTM (%PA) Indicative MinimumMaximum MinimumMaximum1 23 45 67I. Outright Transactions 1.Govt. of India Dated Securities Maturing in the year 2000-01 1725.270512.67904049.374210.9110 2001-02 3439.531810.34076769.470411.7989 2002-03 $ 61410.022110.44066119.657310.3002 2003-04 86710.049710.53676709.853810.5466 2004-05 28110.177910.64968489.903510.3934