(` crore) Item 2010 2011 Variation Dec. 24 Dec. 16 Dec. 23 # Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 Notes Issued 8,98,189 10,17,991 10,12,937 –5,055 1,14,748 Notes in Circulation 8,98,172 10,17,979 10,12,921 –5,057 1,14,749 Notes held in Banking Department 17 13 16 3 –1 Deposits Central Government 1,06,190 100 100 — –1,06,090 Market Stabilisation Scheme — — — — — State Governments 41 42 42 — 1 Scheduled Commercial Banks 3,18,753 3,49,659 4,07,866 58,206 89,113 Scheduled State Co-operati

Item As on Dec. 23, 2011 Variation over Week End-March 2011 End-December 2010 Year ` Crore US$ Mn. ` Crore US$ Mn. ` Crore US$ Mn. ` Crore US$ Mn. ` Crore US$ Mn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Reserves 15,84,605 300,863 –8,992 –1,237 2,23,591 –3,955 2,52,251 3,529 2,48,393 5,832 (a) Foreign Currency Assets + 14,00,541 265,656 –9,317 –1,312* 1,75,658 –8,674 2,00,464 –2,158 1,97,854 –249 (b) Gold $ 1,46,289 28,041 — — 43,717 5,069 45,603 5,571 44,432 5,917 (c) SDRs @ 23,44

(` crore) Item Outstanding as on Dec. 16, 2011 # Variation over Fortnight Financial year so far Year-on-year 2010-2011 2011-2012 2010 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 Liabilities to the Banking System Demand and Time Deposits from Banks 72,245 861 1,569 –1,497 13,626 5,745 Borrowings from Banks(1) 30,584 7,413 –3,040 860 11,668 1,266 Other Demand and Time Liabilities(2) 10,025 15 1,125 2,901 1,540 2,922 Liabilities to Others Aggregate Deposits 56,72,592 –37,469 3,13,402 4,64,623 6,21

(per cent per annum) Item/Week Ended 2010 2011 Dec. 17 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 25 Dec. 2 Dec. 9 Dec. 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)(1) 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 Bank Rate 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 Base Rate(2) 7.60/8.50 10.00/10.75 10.00/10.75 10.00/10.75 10.00/10.75 10.00/10.75 10.00/10.75 Deposit Rate(3) 7.00/8.75 8.50/9.25 8.50/9.25 8.50/9.25 8.50/9.25 8.50/9.25 8.50/9.25 Call Money Rate (Weighted Average)(4) 6.73 8.60 8.57 8.67 8.54

(` crore) Item 2011-2012 2010-2011 Outstanding as on Variation (2) – (1) Outstanding as on Variation (5) – (4) 2011 2010 Mar. 25 Dec. 16 Mar. 26 Dec. 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Bank Credit 39,42,083 42,66,983 3,24,900 32,44,788 36,44,569 3,99,781 (8.2) (12.3) A. Food Credit 64,283 82,905 18,623 48,489 62,521 14,032 B. Non-food Credit 38,77,800 41,84,077 3,06,278 31,96,299 35,82,048 3,85,749 (7.9) (12.1) 2. Investments 1,47,601 1,73,699 26,098 1,18,071 1,46,444 28,373 A. Commer

Foreign Currency 2011 Annual Appreciation (+)/ Depreciation (-) (per cent) Dec. 19 Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Dec. 23 Dec. 19 Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Dec. 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 RBI's Reference Rate (` per Foreign Currency) US Dollar 52.9575 53.0270 52.6750 52.7825 52.7220 — –14.42 –14.08 –14.50 –14.61 Euro 68.9065 68.9987 69.1277 68.8775 68.9048 — –13.38 –13.77 –13.88 –14.20 FEDAI Indicative Rates (` per Foreign Currency) US Dollar { Buying 53.0100 53.0100 52.6700 52.7

(` crore) Item Outstanding as on Variation over 2011 Fortnight Financial Year so far Year-on-Year 2010-2011 2011-2012 2010 2011 Mar. 31 # Dec.16 # Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M3 64,99,548 70,51,044 –22,217 –0.3 4,48,596 8.0 5,51,496 8.5 8,05,981 15.4 9,99,717 16.5 Components (i+ii+iii+iv) (i) Currency with the Public 9,14,197 9,88,658 16,199 1.7 1,10,987 14.5 74,461 8.1 1,40,234 19.0 1,10,178 12.5 (ii) Demand Deposits with B

(` crore) Item Outstanding as on Variation over 2011 Week Financial Year so far Year-on-Year 2010-2011 2011-2012 2010 2011 Mar. 31 # Dec. 23 # Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Reserve Money 13,76,881 14,57,385 54,733 3.9 95,377 8.3 80,504 5.8 2,19,951 21.3 2,06,322 16.5 Components (i+ii+iii) (i) Currency in Circulation 9,49,659 10,26,233 –5,057 –0.5 1,10,878 13.9 76,573 8.1 1,44,921 18.9 1,15,807 12.7 (ii) Bankers' Deposits with

(` crore) Date Repo period (Day(s)) Repo (Injection) Reverse Repo (Absorption) Net Injection (+)/ Absorption (-) of Liquidity (5-10) MSF Outsta nding Amount Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut- off Rate (%) Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut-off Rate (%) Num ber Amount Num ber Amount Num ber Amo unt Num ber Amo unt 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Dec. 19, 2011 1 64 1,66,055 64 1,66,055 8.50 1 25 1 25 7.50 1,66,030 — –1,66,030 Dec. 20, 2011 1 65 1,64,050 65 1,64,050 8.50 1 2

(` crore) Date of Auction Date of Issue Noti fied Amo unt Bids Received Bids Accepted Devol-vement on RBI Total Issue (7+8+9) Weigh-ted Aver age Price Imp licit Yield at Cut-off Price (per cent) Amount Outsta nding as on the Date of Issue (Face Value) Num ber Total Face Value Num ber 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 91-day Treasury Bills 2011-2012 Apr. 6 Apr. 8 4,000 78 14,105 — 35 4,000 — — 4,0

(` crore) Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Dec. 17 Dec. 18 Dec. 19 Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Dec. 23 Dec. 24 Dec. 25 Dec. 26 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Dec. 29 Dec. 30 Average daily cash reserve requirement for the fortnight ending December 30, 2011 3,64,166 3,64,166 3,64,166 3,64,166 3,64,166 3,64,166 3,64,166 3,64,166 3,64,166 3,64,166 3,64,166 3,64,166 3,64,166 3,64,166 Cash Balance with RBI 3,55,352 3,55,352 3,69,705 3,70,210 3,71,750 3,81,221 4,08,070 Note: Figures indic

(` crore) Fortnight Ended Total Amount Outstanding # Issued During the Fortnight # Rate of Interest (per cent)@ 1 2 3 Jan. 14, 2011 3,71,881 44,019 7.18-9.82 Apr. 8, 2011 4,44,525 61,292 8.00-11.70 Jul. 15, 2011 4,05,973 28,431 8.20-10.10 Oct. 7, 2011 3,87,313 41,694 8.80-9.85 Oct. 21, 2011 3,85,936 11,635 9.00-9.90 Nov. 4, 2011 3,82,201 6,037 9.20-9.99 @ Range of effective interest rate per annum.

(` crore) Fortnight Ended Total Amount Outstanding Reported During the Fortnight Rate of Interest (per cent)@ 1 2 3 Jan. 15, 2011 98,913 22,908 6.60-11.95 Apr. 15, 2011 1,05,518 30,840 7.15-12.30 Jul. 15, 2011 1,28,347 29,818 8.10-13.25 Oct. 15, 2011 1,66,462 29,243 8.75-13.50 Oct. 31, 2011 1,68,769 16,179 7.75-14.50 Nov. 15, 2011 1,76,069 24,944 8.78-13.55 @ Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.

Items Weight 2010 2011 Percentage Variation over Dec. 11 Oct. 15* Dec. 10 # Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ALL COMMODITIES @ 100.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Primary Articles 20.12 190.5 204.1 197.7 –0.2 –2.1 4.9 3.8 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 3.84 189.6 198.3 170.7 –2.3 –13.0 2.3 –10.0 Fuel and Power 14.91 149.6 170.1 172.4 — 0.5 9.2 15.2 Manufactured Products @ 64.97 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. (i) Sugar, Khandsari and Gur 2.09 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. (ii) Edible Oils 3.

2010 2011 Dec. 23 Dec. 19 Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Dec. 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 19982.88 15379.34 15175.08 15685.21 15813.36 15738.70 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000) 5980.00 4613.10 4544.20 4693.15 4733.85 4714.00

(` crore) Week Ended Nov. 11, 2011 Nov. 18, 2011 Nov. 25, 2011 Dec. 2, 2011 Dec. 9, 2011 Dec. 16, 2011 Dec. 23, 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Banks (a) Borrowings 8,613 8,551 9,495 6,996 7,990 10,154 16,326 (b) Lendings 9,585 9,003 10,613 7,848 9,086 11,168 17,612 2. Primary Dealers (a) Borrowings 972 452 1,118 852 1,096 1,014 1,328 (b) Lendings — — — — — — 42 3. Total (a) Borrowings 9,585 9,003 10,613 7,848 9,086 11,168 17,654 (b) Lendings 9,585 9,003 10,613 7,848 9,086 11,1

(` crore) Items Week Ended Nov. 18, 2011 Nov. 25, 2011 Dec. 2, 2011 Dec. 9, 2011 Dec. 16, 2011 Dec. 23, 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 I. Outright Transactions (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities 1,31,544 85,526 1,50,152 1,62,719 2,09,768 2,59,005 (b) State Government Securities 1,631 2,163 1,285 4,286 4,253 6,845 (c) 91–Day Treasury Bills 3,753 2,805 8,241 6,470 8,942 4,880 (d) 182–Day Treasury Bills 2,940 2,656 4,759 7,817 8,033 3,392 (e) 364–Day Treasury Bills 4,748 904 11,027 1

(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 Purchases Dec. 5, 2011 2,782 1,052 827 172 178 131 7,273 7,212 854 1,863 2,098 84 Dec. 6, 2011 + Dec. 7, 2011 3,927 1,520 1,063 365 210 204 7,951 7,245 543 2,512 2,213 81 Dec. 8, 2011 2,251 1,470 940 211 238 258 8,261 6,906 486 2,554 1,337 103 Dec. 9, 2011 2,

(` crore) Week Ended Nov. 18, 2011 Nov. 25, 2011 Dec. 2, 2011 Dec. 9, 2011 Dec. 16, 2011 Dec. 23, 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 Amount 599.42 1,223.53 1,157.43 1,134.52 1,322.87 802.06 Source: National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.

(` crore) Holders December 23, 2011 Variation in Total Treasury Bills Treasury Bills of Different Maturities Total (1+2+3+4) 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 Banks — 21,357 14,744 22,540 58,640 –2,204 15,222 Primary Dealers @ — 26,700 21,702 35,643 84,045 –1,029 27,448 State Governments 82,378 23,558 400 419 1,06,754 10,958 –4,734 Others 2,182 10,001 8,506 18,768 39,457 1,126 12,654 @

(Face Value in ` crore) Gross Amount Raised Net Amount Raised 2011-2012 (Upto Dec. 23, 2011) 2010-2011 (Upto Dec. 24, 2010) 2010-2011 2011-2012 (Upto Dec. 23, 2011) 2010-2011 (Upto Dec. 24, 2010) 2010-2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Total 3,67,000 3,78,000 4,37,000 2,93,419 2,92,342 3,25,414 2. RBI's OMO*: Sales 5,902 5,644 11,575 Purchases 39,516 43,870 78,799 * RBI's sales and purchases include transactions in other offices and transactions on behalf of the State Governments an

(Amount in ` crore) Item For the Week Ended Dec. 16, 2011 For the Week Ended Dec. 23, 2011 Amount YTM (%PA) Indicative** Amount YTM (%PA) Indicative** Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum 1 2 3 4 5 6 I. Outright Transactions 1. Govt. of India Dated Securities Maturing in the year 2011-12 — — — — — — 2012-13 279 8.4612 8.5600 1,688 8.3761 8.7375 2013-14 50 8.2580 8.2580 — — — 2014-15 165 8.2357 8.4190 102 8.0372 8.2500 2015-16 106 8.2510 8.4103 145 8.1085 8.3053 2016-17 756