(Rs. crore) Item 2005   2006     Variation Dec. 23 Dec. 15 Dec. 22# Week   Year 1 2 3 4 5   6 Notes issued 3,99,587 4,70,828 4,69,684 –1,144   70,097 Notes in circulation 3,99,572 4,70,810 4,69,665 –1,145   70,093 Notes held in Banking Department 14 18 19 1   5 Deposits Central Government 33,609 22,716 53,634 30,918   20,025 Market Stabilisation Scheme 47,614 37,918 38,749 831   –8,865 State Governments 41 41 41 — &nbs

Item Variation over As on Dec. 22, 2006 Week End-March 2006 End-December 2005 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 7,85,931 1,76,233 1,997 714 1,09,544 24,611 1,67,548 39,027 1,35,022 32,183 (a) Foreign Currency Assets 7,54,422 1,69,191 1,995 712* 1,07,095 24,083 1,63,925 38,173 1,30,272 30,982 (b) Gold 29,067 6,494 — — 3,393 739 5,297 1,220 6,441 1,569 (c) SDRs 4 1 — — –8

(Rs. crore) Item Outstanding as on2006 Dec. 8# Variation over   Financial year so far Year-on-year   Fortnight 2005-2006 2006-2007 2005 2006 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liabilities to the Banking System Demand and time deposits from Banks   34,673 957 –2,792 –2,405 5,775 –6,042 Borrowings from Banks(1)   33,493 759 –1,273 4,296 3,164 1,601 Other demand and time liabilities(2) 7,768 –1,163 2,118 –1,122 6,004 1,470 Liabilities to Others Aggregate deposits@  

(per cent per annum) Item / week ended 2005 2006 Dec. 16 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 24   Dec. 1 Dec. 8 Dec. 15 1 2 3 4 5   6 7 8 Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)(1) 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00   5.00 5.00 5.00 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) 10.25-10.75 11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50   11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50 Deposit Rate(4) 5.25-6.25 6.75/8.00 6.

(Rs. crore) Item 2006 - 2007 2005 - 2006 Outstanding as on Variation (3) - (2) Outstanding as on Variation (6) - (5) 2006   2005   Mar. 31 Dec. 8   Apr. 1 Dec. 9   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Bank Credit 15,07,077 17,09,498 2,02,421 (13.4) 11,52,210 13,23,909 1,71,700(14.9) A. Food Credit 40,691 40,366 –325 40,016 43,599 3,583 B. Non-Food Credit 14,66,386 16,69,132 2,02,746 (13.8) 11,12,194 12,80,310 1,68,117 (15.1) 2. Investments 79,464 82,243 @ 2,779 93,084

Foreign Currency 2006 Annual appreciation (+) / depreciation (-) (per cent)     Dec. 18 Dec. 19 Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Dec. 18 Dec. 19 Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. Dollar   44.7900 44.8300 44.7400 44.7300 44.5900 — 0.91 0.65 1.43 1.64 Euro   58.7000 58.6900 59.2100 59.0200 58.8300 — –7.36 –8.82 –8.74 –8.82 FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. {Buying 44.77

(Rs. crore) Item Outstanding as on2006 Variation over Fortnight Financial year so far Year-on-year 2005-2006 2006-2007 2005 2006 Mar. 31# Dec. 8# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 M3   27,29,535 30,29,376 38,680 1.3 1,87,915 8.1 2,99,841 11.0 3,70,549 17.2 5,08,794 20.2 Components (i+ii+iii+iv) (i) Currency with the Public 4,13,143 4,60,977 7,887 1.7 40,229 11.3 47,834 11.6 49,388 14.3 65,877 16.7 (ii) Demand deposits with

(Rs. crore) Item Outstanding as on Variation over 2006 Week Financial year so far Year-on-year 2005-2006 2006-2007 2005   2006   Mar. 31# Dec. 22# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Reserve Money 5,73,066 6,20,265 –11,820 –1.9 33,679 6.9 47,199 8.2 67,853 14.9 97,450 18.6 Components (i+ii+iii) (i) Currency in circulation 4,30,676 4,78,596 –1,145 –0.2 39,553 10.7 47,920 11.1 54,568 15.4 70,382 17.2 (ii) Bankers' deposit

(Rs. crore)         REPO (INJECTION) REVERSE REPO (ABSORPTION) Net injection(+)/ Outstanding Amount @ LAF     Repo period Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut-Off Bids Received   Bids Accepted Cut-Off absorption (-) of   Date     (Day(s)) Number Amount Number Amount Rate(%) Number Amount   Number Amount Rate(%) liquidity (6-11)   1     2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   10 11 12 13 14 Dec.18, 2006 1 11 3,870 11 3,87

(Rs. crore) Date of Auction Date of Issue Notified Amount Bids Received Bids Accepted Devol- Total Weigh- Implicit Amount Number Total Face Value Number Total Face Value vement on Issue (8+9+10) ted Average Yield at Cut-off Outstanding as on the             Com- petitive Non- Com- petitive   Com- petitive Non- Com- petitive RBI   Price Price (per cent) Date of Issue (Face Value) 1 2   3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 91-Day Tre

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15   Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 4 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Dec.2006 8, 1,32,381 2,64,762 3,92,203 5,26,816 6,61,211 7,91,521 9,17,653 10,44,084 11,70,475 12,94,368 14,14,078 15,32,938 16,58,766 17,87,049   Dec. 9 Dec. 10 Dec. 11 Dec. 12 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Dec. 17 Dec. 18 Dec. 19 Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Dec. 22,2006 1,26,213 2,52,42

(Rs. crore) Fortnight ended Total Amount Issued during Rate of Interest Outstanding # the fortnight # (per cent)@ 1 2 3 4 Jan. 6, 2006 34,432 2,556 4.40 — 7.75 Apr. 14, 2006 38,568 2,005 6.00 — 8.90 Jul. 7, 2006 57,256 4,647 6.00 — 8.70 Oct. 13, 2006 64,482 2,513 4.75 — 8.50 Nov. 10, 2006 67,694 4,050 6.75 — 8.50 Nov. 24, 2006 68,911 4,107 7.50 — 8.33 @ : Effective interest rate range per annum.

(Rs. crore) Fortnight ended Total Amount Reported during Rate of Interest Outstanding the fortnight (per cent)@ 1 2 3 4 Jan. 15, 2006 17,415 844 6.50 — 7.75 Apr. 15, 2006 12,968 1,423 6.77 — 8.95 Jul. 15, 2006 21,237 3,389 6.25 — 8.30 Oct. 15, 2006 23,361 1,733 7.20 — 8.65 Nov. 30, 2006 24,218 4,031 7.50 — 9.50 Dec. 15, 2006 23,712 1,915 7.50 — 8.75 @ : Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.

Items / Week ended Weight 2005 2006 Percentage Variation over Dec. 10 Oct. 14* Dec. 9# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 197.2 208.6 207.7 — –0.6 5.3 5.3 Primary Articles 22.02 195.8 213.9 212.1 0.1 –1.1 9.7 8.3   (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 230.2 256.1 232.5 1.0 –8.4 17.9 1.0 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 310.7 328.7 322.6 — –2.1 2.0 3.8 Manufactured Products 63.75 172.4 180.0 180.5 –0.2 0.2 5.0 4.7   (i) Sugar,

  2005 2006 Dec. 22 Dec. 18 Dec. 19 Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 9372.30 13731.09 13382.01 13340.21 13384.86 13471.74 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000) 2835.25 3928.75 3832.00 3815.55 3833.50 3871.15

(Rs. crore)   Week Ended Nov. 10, 2006 Nov. 17, 2006 Nov. 24, 2006 Dec. 1, 2006 Dec. 8, 2006 Dec. 15, 2006 Dec. 22, 2006 1     2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Banks   (a) Borrowings 9,890 9,612 7,982 11,336 10,311 12,054 10,369   (b) Lendings 11,800 11,760 9,744 13,594 11,576 13,995 11,867 2. Primary Dealers   (a) Borrowings 2,164 2,331 2,026 2,598 1,766 2,041 1,680   (b) Lendings 254 183 264 340 501 101 182 3. Total   (a) Borrowings 12,054 11

(Rs. crore) Items     Week Ended     Nov. 17, 2006 Nov. 24, 2006 Dec. 1, 2006 Dec. 8, 2006 Dec. 15, 2006 Dec. 22, 2006 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Outright Transactions   (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities   69,644 79,345 85,254 63,085 39,215 38,122   (b) State Government Securities   370 506 712 685 405 933   (c) 91 – Day Treasury Bills   1,696 1,549 369 1,744 829 2,012   (d) 182 – Day Treasury Bills   2,510 1,535 199

(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 Dec. 4, 2006 1,368 320 131 610 807 878 2,004 3,765 98 4,672 1,281 115 Dec. 5, 2006 1,376 385 238 457 483 720 2,011 3,696 103 3,278 928 177 Dec. 6, 2006 1,135 647 290 627 775 483 2,585 3,730 208 3,769 1,142 31 Dec. 7, 2006 875 336 1

(Rs. crore) 1 Week Ended Nov. 17, 2006 Nov. 24, 2006 Dec. 1, 2006 Dec. 8, 2006 Dec. 15, 2006 Dec. 22, 2006 2 3 4 5 6 7 Amount — 52.27 160.85 81.94 107.56 55.53 Note : With effect from October 8, 2005, trading in securities on WDM segment will not be available on Saturdays. Source : National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.

(Rs. crore) Holders December 22, 2006 Variation in Total Treasury Bills Treasury Bills of Different Maturities   Total Over the Over End 14 Day 91 Day 182 Day 364 Day (2+3+4+5) Week March (Intermediate) (Auction) (Auction) (Auction)       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Reserve Bank of India — — — — — — — Banks — 13,767 13,126 31,521 58,414 1,672 7,697 State Governments 42,263 14,543 4,793 5,880 67,479 129 15,613 Others 42 2,667 2,349 9,947 15,005 –848 7,363

  2006-2007 (Upto Dec. 22, 2006) 2005-2006 (Upto Dec. 23, 2005) 2005-2006 2006-2007 (Upto Dec. 22, 2006) 2005-2006 (Upto Dec. 23, 2005) 2005-2006 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Total of which : 1.1 Devolvement/Private Placement on RBI 1,21,000 1,11,000 * 1,37,000 * 83,986 72,370 95,370 — — 10,000       2. RBI's OMO Sales 3,816 2,745 4,653       Purchases 715 — 740       * : Includes Rs.6,000 crore under Market Stabilisation Scheme.

(Amount in Rs. crore) Item For the Week Ended Dec. 15, 2006 For the Week Ended Dec. 22, 2006 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                 &nb