(Rs. crore) Item 2007 2008 Variation Aug. 24 Aug. 15 Aug. 22# Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes Issued 5,00,140 6,10,650 6,08,319 –2,331 1,08,179 Notes in Circulation 5,00,119 6,10,627 6,08,296 –2,330 1,08,178 Notes held in Banking Department 21 23 23 — 2 Deposits Central Government 3,489 9,095 4,474 –4,622 984 Market Stabilisation Scheme 1,04,964 1,71,250 1,72,205 956 67,241 State Governments 41 41 41 — — Scheduled Commercial Banks 2,21,872 3,16,183 3,27,634 11,451 1,05,76

Item Variation over As on Aug. 22, 2008 Week End-March 2008 End-December 2007 Year Rs. Crore US$ Mn. Rs. Crore US$ Mn. Rs. Crore US$ Mn. Rs. Crore US$ Mn. Rs. Crore US$ Mn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total Reserves 12,88,763 297,286 20,711 1,076 50,798 –12,438 2,03,743 21,970 3,46,875 68,437 (a) Foreign Currency Assets 12,45,219 287,049 20,674 1,074* 49,196 –12,181 1,94,734 20,496 3,33,062 65,544 (b) Gold 41,366 9,735 — — 1,242 –304 8,547 1,407 13,516 2,848 (c) SDRs 16 4

(Rs. crore) Item Outstanding as on 2008 Aug. 15# Variation over Fortnight Financial year so far Year-on-year 2007-2008 2008-2009 2007 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liabilities to the Banking System Demand and Time Deposits from Banks 40,741 907 –5,165 –6,037 4,050 5,134 Borrowings from Banks(1) 35,699 4,693 –3,912 2,703 2,929 4,213 Other Demand and Time Liabilities (2) 28,848 301 3,022 10,469 7,439 13,452 Liabilities to Others Aggregate Deposits 33,38,189 –11,201 1,32,530 1,41,2

(per cent per annum) Item / Week Ended 2007 2008 Aug. 17 Jul. 11 Jul. 18 Jul. 25 Aug. 1 Aug. 8 Aug. 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)(1) 7.00 8.50 8.50 8.75 8.75 8.75 8.75 Bank Rate 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 I.D.B.I.(2) 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 Prime Lending Rate(3) 12.75-13.25 12.75-13.25 12.75-13.25 12.75-13.25 12.75-13.25 12.75-13.25 13.25-14.00 Deposit Rate(4) 8.00-9.50 8.75-9.50 8.75-9.50 8.75-9.50 9.25-9.50 9.50-9.50 9.50

(Rs. crore) Item 2008 - 2009 2007 - 2008 Outstanding as on Variation (3) - (2) Outstanding as on Variation (6) - (5) 2008 2007 Mar. 28 Aug. 15 Mar. 30 Aug. 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Bank Credit 23,61,914 24,40,078 78,164 19,31,189 19,38,231 7,042 (3.3) (0.4) A. Food Credit 44,399 44,053 –346 46,521 38,359 –8,162 B. Non-Food Credit 23,17,515 23,96,025 78,511 18,84,669 18,99,873 15,204 (3.4) (0.8) 2. Investments 95,506 89,314 –6,192 83,545 74,992 –8,553 A. Commercial Paper 13

Foreign Currency 2008 Annual Appreciation (+) / Depreciation (-) (per cent) Aug. 18 Aug. 19+ Aug. 20 Aug. 21 Aug. 22 Aug. 18 Aug. 19+ Aug. 20 Aug. 21 Aug. 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. Dollar 43.2300 43.7200 43.5800 43.3800 — — –5.78 –5.46 Euro 63.8000 64.4700 64.5200 64.5500 — — –14.23 –14.33 FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. { Buying 43.2200 43.7400 43.5750 43.3700 — — –5.77 –5.44 Dollar Selling

(Rs. crore) Item Outstanding as on Variation over 2008 Fortnight Financial year so far Year-on-year 2007-2008 2008-2009 2007 2008 Mar. 31# Aug. 15# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 M3 40,06,722 41,72,361 –7,540 –0.2 1,43,529 4.3 1,65,639 4.1 5,80,580 20.2 7,12,738 20.6 Components (i+ii+iii+iv) (i) Currency with the Public 5,67,476 5,97,058 5,683 1.0 10,524 2.2 29,582 5.2 55,574 12.7 1,03,629 21.0 (ii) Demand Deposits with Bank

(Rs. crore) Item Outstanding as on Variation over 2008 Week Financial year so far Year-on-year 2007-2008 2008-2009 2007 2008 Mar. 31# Aug. 22# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Reserve Money 9,28,417 9,69,395 8,958 0.9 39,504 5.6 40,978 4.4 1,59,221 27.0 2,20,900 29.5 Components (i+ii+iii) (i) Currency in Circulation 5,90,901 6,17,782 –2,330 –0.4 4,510 0.9 26,881 4.5 59,805 13.3 1,09,073 21.4 (ii) Bankers' Deposits with RBI 3,2

(Rs. crore) LAF Date Repo period (Day(s)) REPO (INJECTION) REVERSE REPO (ABSORPTION) Net Injection (+)/Absorption (-) of Liquidity (6-11) Outstanding Amount @ Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut-Off Rate(%) Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut-Off Rate(%) Number Amount Number Amount Number Amount Number Amount 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Aug. 18, 2008 2 25 34,725 25 34,725 9.00 — — — — — 34,725 –34,725 Aug. 20, 2008 1 28 38,910 28 38,910 9.00 — — — — — 38,910 –38,910 Aug.

(Rs. crore) Date of Auction Date of Issue Notified Amount Bids Received Bids Accepted Devol- vement on RBI Total Issue (8+9+10) Weigh- ted Average Price Implicit Yield at Cut-off Price (percent) Amount Out-standing as on the Date of Issue (Face Value) Number Total Face Value Number Total Face Value Com- petitive Non- Com- petitive Com- petitive Non- Com- petitive 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 91-Day Treasury Bills 2007-2008 Jan. 2 Jan. 4 500 71 3,411 1,000 7 500 1,

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Aug. 15, 2008 Aug. 2 Aug. 3 Aug. 4 Aug. 5 Aug. 6 Aug. 7 Aug. 8 Aug. 9 Aug. 10 Aug. 11 Aug. 12 Aug. 13 Aug. 14 Aug. 15 3,08,608 6,17,217 9,41,523 12,64,235 15,80,147 18,93,703 22,17,773 25,38,709 28,59,645 31,64,343 34,74,214 37,90,730 41,06,781 44,22,832 Aug. 29, 2008 Aug. 16 Aug. 17 Aug. 18 Aug. 19 Aug. 20 Aug. 21 Aug. 22 Aug. 23 Aug. 24 Aug. 25 Aug. 26 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 3,18,582 6,37,164 9,59

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Total Amount Outstanding # Issued During the Fortnight # Rate of Interest (per cent)@ 1 2 3 4 Jul. 6, 2007 1,02,992 4,186 6.25 — 9.69 Oct. 12, 2007 1,22,142 9,398 6.87 — 10.00 Jan. 4, 2008 1,27,154 9,453 6.87 — 9.82 Apr. 11, 2008 1,49,986 8,461 8.00 — 9.72 Jul. 4, 2008 1,64,557 4,094 8.30 — 10.60 Jul. 18, 2008 1,64,892 6,475 8.92 — 10.95 @ : Effective interest rate range per annum.

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Total Amount Outstanding Reported During the Fortnight Rate of Interest (per cent)@ 1 2 3 4 Jul. 15, 2007 28,129 4,200 4.00 — 11.50 Oct. 15, 2007 38,495 6,977 7.00 — 13.00 Jan. 15, 2008 42,392 5,589 7.35 — 12.50 Apr. 15, 2008 35,794 6,283 7.74 — 10.25 Jul. 15, 2008 48,342 5,917 9.50 — 12.25 Jul. 31, 2008 51,569 5,957 9.60 — 12.00 @ : Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.

(Base : 1993 - 94 = 100) Items / Week Ended Weight 2007 2008 Percentage Variation over Aug. 11 Jun. 14* Aug. 9# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 213.7 236.9 240.7 0.1 0.7 6.2 12.6 Primary Articles 22.02 223.2 242.6 249.6 — 0.8 5.4 11.8 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 240.8 235.9 258.3 0.3 2.3 7.7 7.3 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 322.4 374.7 380.4 — 1.1 11.3 18.0 Manufactured Products 63.75 186.1 204.2 206.4 0.2 0.4 4.5 10.9

2007 2008 Aug. 22 Aug. 18 Aug. 19 Aug. 20 Aug. 21 Aug. 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 14248.66 14645.66 14543.73 14678.23 14243.73 14401.49 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000)</p> 4153.15 4393.05 4368.25 4415.75 4283.85 4327.45 + : Market closed.

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Jul. 11, 2008 Jul. 18, 2008 Jul. 25, 2008 Aug. 1, 2008 Aug. 8, 2008 Aug. 15, 2008 Aug. 22, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Banks (a) Borrowings 13,927 12,086 13,602 8,767 11,978 12,823 12,270 (b) Lendings 14,285 12,442 13,766 9,183 12,268 13,053 12,441 2. Primary Dealers (a) Borrowings 393 405 252 442 323 303 210 (b) Lendings 35 50 88 26 33 73 39 3. Total (a) Borrowings 14,320 12,492 13,854 9,209 12,301 13,126 12,480 (b) Lendings 14,320 12,492 13,854 9,

(Rs. crore) Items Week Ended Jul. 18, 2008 Jul. 25, 2008 Aug. 1, 2008 Aug. 8, 2008 Aug. 15, 2008 Aug. 22, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Outright Transactions (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities 31,152 43,561 41,729 51,347 57,868 40,794 (b) State Government Securities 317 186 145 817 195 169 (c) 91 – Day Treasury Bills 986 1,623 1,679 2,796 2,341 2,863 (d) 182 – Day Treasury Bills 204 986 545 131 262 1,006 (e) 364 – Day Treasury Bills 1,052 988 2,569 1,356 1,837 691 II. RBI* 7

(US $ Million) Position Date Merchant Inter-bank FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INR FCY / FCY Spot Forward Forward Cancel- lation Spot Forward Forward Cancel- lation Spot Swap Forward Spot Swap Forward 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Purchases Aug. 4, 2008 1,731 1,012 496 972 1,088 976 4,432 7,582 945 3,420 1,685 266 Aug. 5, 2008 1,861 2,048 893 878 1,495 1,398 5,866 7,144 524 4,779 2,194 271 Aug. 6, 2008 2,581 1,747 561 998 908 766 6,405 6,701 522 3,553 1,690 297 Aug. 7, 20

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Jul. 18, 2008 Jul. 25, 2008 Aug. 1, 2008 Aug. 8, 2008 Aug. 15, 2008 Aug. 22, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Amount 223.88 259.02 135.53 114.55 9.90 112.61 Source : National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.

(Rs. crore) Holders August 22, 2008 Variation in Total Treasury Bills Treasury Bills of Different Maturities Total (2+3+4+5) Over the Week Over End March 14 Day (Intermediate) 91 Day (Auction) 182 Day (Auction) 364 Day (Auction) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Reserve Bank of India — — — — — — — Banks — 10,583 5,424 24,749 40,756 –59 1,452 State Governments 40,112 27,834 10,183 5,194 83,324 –1,582 –14,292 Others 1,763 17,417 7,076 26,479 52,736 1,039 7,000

(Face Value in Rs. crore) Gross Amount Raised Net Amount Raised 2008-2009 (Upto Aug. 22, 2008) 2007-2008 (Upto Aug. 24, 2007) 2007-2008 2008-2009 (Upto Aug . 22, 2008) 2007-2008 (Upto Aug . 24, 2007) 2007-2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Total 82,000 83,000 1,56,000 57,982 55,232 1,10,671 of which : 1.1 Devolvement/Private Placement on RBI — — — 2. RBI's OMO Sales 2,190 2,307 7,587 Purchases 22,033 35 13,510 * : Includes Rs.6,000 crore under Market Stabilisation Scheme.

(Amount in Rs. crore) Item For the Week Ended Aug. 15, 2008 For the Week Ended Aug. 22, 2008 Amount YTM (%PA) Indicative** Amount YTM (%PA) Indicative** Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Outright Transactions 1. Govt. of India Dated Securities Maturing in the year 2008-09 5 9.7599 9.7599 485 9.7000 9.8499 2009-10 1,218 8.9488 9.4997 1,506 8.0136 9.3365 2010-11 621 8.8596 9.3107 138 9.2267 9.3063 2011-12 — — — 10 9.2192 9.2192 2012-13 — — — — — — 2013-14