(Rs. crore) 20002001VariationItemJan. 21Jan. 12Jan. 19#WeekYear123456Notes in circulation1,94,2382,10,9562,09,855–1,10115,617Notes issued1,94,2652,11,0082,09,913–1,09515,648Notes held in Banking Department275259732Deposits : Central Government101101101——State Governments414141——Scheduled Commercial Banks63,23373,14173,063–789,830Scheduled State Co-operative Banks79465682717133Other Banks1,2792,3542,5491951,270Others5,3625,3135,243–70–119Other liabilities72,21586,15984

Variation over ItemAs on Jan. 19, 2001WeekEnd-March 2000End-December 2000Year Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.1234567891011Total Reserves1,87,87940,469–24411621,9662,43352239234,6275,299of which : (a) Foreign Currency Assets1,74,69837,650–275110*21,7742,59249138634,2795,429 (b) Gold13,1432,811——170–163——352–128 (c) SDRs388316224316–4–2* : Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of apprecia

(Rs. crore) Outstanding Variation over as on Item2001 Financial year so farYear-on-year Jan. 12#Fortnight1999-20002000-200120002001 1234567Liabilities to the Banking System Demand and time deposits from Banks46,4895142,8929,7795,92311,187 Borrowings from Banks(1)19,599–1,121683,3326457,459 Other demand and time liabilities(2)1,057–132812196744–477Liabilities to Others Aggregate deposits@9,28,561–3,09673,3491,15,2171,09,5051,41,187 (–0.3)(10.3)(14.2)(16.2)(17.9) [10.5]

(per cent per annum) 2000 2001Item / week endedJan. 14Dec. 8Dec. 15Dec. 22Dec. 29Jan. 5Jan. 1212345678Bank Rate8.008.008.008.008.008.008.00I.D.B.I.(1)13.5013.0013.0013.0013.0013.0013.00Prime Lending Rate(2)12.00-12.5012.00-12.5012.00-12.5012.00-12.5012.00-12.5012.00-12.5012.00-12.50Deposit Rate(3)8.00-10.508.50-10.008.50-10.008.50-10.008.50-10.008.50-10.008.50-10.00Call Money Rate (Low / High)(4) - Borrowings4.00/8.807.00/9.507.00/9.307.30/10.705.00/11.508.30/11.008.0

(Rs. crore) 2000 - 2001 1999 - 2000 OutstandingVariationsOutstandingVariations as on(3) - (2)as on(6) - (5) Item20002001 19992000 Mar. 24Jan. 12 Mar. 26Jan. 14 1 2345671. Bank Credit4,35,9584,97,48661,5283,68,8374,14,59745,760 (14.1) (12.4) A.Food Credit25,69138,41712,72616,81625,5078,691 B. Non-Food Credit4,10,2674,59,06948,8023,52,0213,89,09037,069 (11.9) (10.5) 2. Investments £61,42967,214@5,78548,44657,914+9,468 A.Commercial Paper5,0666,2741,2084,0065,8821,875 B.B

Foreign 2000 2001 2000 2001 Currency Jan. 21Jan. 15Jan. 16Jan. 17Jan. 18Jan. 19Jan. 21Jan. 15Jan. 16Jan. 17Jan. 18Jan. 191 234567891011121314 RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per U.S. Dollar) Foreign Currency per Rs. 100@ 43.580046.530046.530046.410046.420046.4000 (Based on Middle Rates) FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S.{Buying43.570046.525046.525046.395046.420046.39002.29462.14922.14922.15472.15422.1552Dollar Selling43.580046.535046.535046.405046.430046

(Rs. crore) Outstanding as on Variation over Financial year so farYear-on-year 2000Fortnight1999-20002000-200119992000ItemMar. 31#Dec. 29#Amount%Amount%Amount%Amount%Amount% 12345678910111213M3 11,17,20212,61,7718,0480.61,10,900*11.31,44,56912.91,64,406*17.71,69,85015.6 (10.7) (13.2) Components (i+ii+iii+iv) (i)Currency with the Public1,88,7052,04,492–2,605–1.323,56013.915,7878.432,08120.011,9886.2(ii)Demand deposits with banks1,48,8061,57,7276,1614.1–414–0.38,9216.01

(Rs. crore) Outstanding Variation over as on Financial year so far 20002001Week1999-20002000-2001YearItemMar. 31#Jan. 19#Amount%Amount%Amount%Amount% 1234567891011Reserve Money2,80,3142,93,806–883–0.37,5922.913,4924.826,86810.1 Components (i+ii+iii) (i)Currency in circulation1,96,7452,14,760–1,101–0.522,82713.018,0159.216,0878.1 (ii)Bankers' deposits with RBI80,46076,4392880.4–14,398–18.1–4,021–5.011,13417.0 (iii)"Other" deposits with RBI3,1092,607–70 –836 –502 –352 S

(Rs. crore)Date ofDate ofNotifiedBids ReceivedBids AcceptedDevolvement onTotalWeigh-ImplicitAmountAuctionIssueAmountNumberTotal Face ValueNumberTotal Face Value IssuetedYield atOutstanding Com-Non- Com-Non-PDs/SDs*RBI(8+9+AverageCut-offas on the petitiveCom- petitiveCom- 10+11)PricePriceDate of Issue petitive petitive (per cent)(Face Value)1 2 34567891011121314152000-2001 Jul.7Jul.10100224641503100150——25099.756.7776350Oct.6Oct.910015162—15100———10099.688.8702425Jan.5

(Rs. crore)Date ofDate ofNotifiedBids ReceivedBids AcceptedDevolvement onTotalWeigh-ImplicitAmountAuctionIssueAmountNumberTotal Face ValueNumberTotal Face Value IssuetedYield atOutstanding Com-Non- Com-Non-PDs/SDs*RBI(8+9+AverageCut-offas on the petitiveCom- petitiveCom- 10+11)PricePriceDate of Issue petitive petitive (per cent)(Face Value)1 2 34567891011121314152000-2001 Jul.7Jul.1010019231—8100———10097.848.83071,655Oct.6Oct.91002022850910050——15097.669.58431,750Jan.

(Rs. crore)Date ofDate ofNotifiedBids ReceivedBids AcceptedDevolve-TotalWeigh-ImplicitAmountAuctionIssueAmountNumberTotal Face ValueNumberTotal Face Valuement onIssuetedYield atOutstanding Com-Non- Com-Non-RBI(8+9+10)AverageCut-offas on the petitiveCom- petitiveCom- PricePriceDate of Issue petitive petitive (per cent)(Face Value)1 2 345678910111213142000-2001 Jul.5Jul.610026229—14100——10095.639.18311,300Oct.11Oct.1210020253—3100——10095.1410.23861,300Jan.3Jan.410021232

(Rs. crore) Date ofDate ofNotifiedBids ReceivedBids AcceptedDevolvement onTotalWeigh-ImplicitAmount AuctionIssueAmountNumberTotal 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) 12 34567891011121314152000-2001 Apr.4Apr.6500721,013—43500———50091.579.289613,000 Jul.12Jul.1350028808—6205——29550091.549.241

(Rs. crore)Fortnight endedTotal AmountIssued duringRate of Interest Outstanding #the fortnight #(per cent)@1 234Jan.14, 20001,401808.50 — 11.00Apr.7, 20001,2641236.50 — 14.00Jul.14, 20001,1292595.50 — 14.00Oct.6, 20001,3642815.00 — 12.80Dec.1, 20001,344618.00 — 11.00Dec.15, 20001,3031077.75 — 11.00@ : Effective interest rate range per annum.

(Rs. crore)Fortnight endedTotal AmountReported duringRate of Interest Outstandingthe fortnight(per cent)@1 234Jan.15, 20007,7471,0929.05 — 11.65Apr.15, 20005,6341,1279.58 — 12.25Jul.15, 20007,1278169.35 — 11.85Oct.15, 20005,5741,21710.30 — 12.50Dec.15, 20008,0401,3449.93 — 13.00Dec.31, 20008,3431,3759.75 — 12.25@ : Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.

20002001Percentage Variation overItem / Week endedWeightJan. 8Nov. 11*Jan. 6#WeekMonthEndYear March 1 23456789ALL COMMODITIES100.00145.9158.1157.80.1—4.68.2Primary Articles22.02155.3162.6161.1—–1.31.23.7(i)Fruits and Vegetables2.92145.2174.4159.7–2.9–7.011.210.0Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants14.23167.3220.9217.9——12.730.2Manufactured Products63.75137.9142.6143.20.10.43.33.8(i)Sugar, Khandsari and Gur3.93156.8154.1151.4–0.7–1.0–4.4–3.4(ii)Edible Oils2.76117.6103.2101

2000 2001 Jan. 19Jan. 15Jan. 16Jan. 17Jan. 18Jan. 191234567BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100)5,478.244,046.764,070.734,083.414,113.214,194.46S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000)1,634.851,286.751,293.051,297.901,305.951,329.10

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Dec. 8, 2000Dec. 15, 2000Dec. 22, 2000Dec. 29, 2000Jan. 5, 2001Jan. 12, 2001Jan. 19, 20011 23456781.Banks (a)Borrowings10,2428,82410,3538,40312,93012,66713,718 (b)Lendings9,1406,7849,5866,29610,07510,17510,9862.Primary Dealers (a)Borrowings9,6857,5537,3015,9439,4938,1258,170 (b)Lendings3,5302,4703,2512,0563,3773,1273,1703.Non-Bank Institutions (a)Lendings3,3682,2751,8282,6624,4222,8513,3964.Total (a)Borrowings19,92716,37717,65414,34622,42320,792

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Item / Week endedDec. 15, 2000Dec. 22, 2000Dec. 29, 2000Jan. 5, 2001Jan. 12, 2001Jan. 19, 20011 234567I.Outright Transactions (a)Govt. of India Dated Securities21,37125,25711,33132,23228,99838,368 (b)State Government Securities17916644160149157 (c)14 – Day Treasury Bills151712313618443 (d)91 – Day Treasury Bills288524141266164159 (e)182 – Day Treasury Bills33614629638984 (f )364 – Day Treasury Bills2,0331,7281,0002,0532,1611,160II.RBI*———26—61@

(US$ Million) MerchantInter-bank FCY / INRFCY / FCYFCY / INRFCY / FCY SpotForwardForwardSpotForwardForwardSpotSwapForwardSpotSwapForward Cancel- Cancel- Position Date lation lation 12345678910111213Purchases Jan. 1, 200118224164—242492577—— Jan. 2, 200122179236134352115011924717726 Jan. 3, 2001267722126203478113210240611621 Jan. 4, 2001324911017193556711908441213618 Jan. 5, 20013534912843164371600773791139 Sales Jan. 1, 200114456354—194491579—— Jan. 2, 200132097651254

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Dec. 16, 2000Dec. 23, 2000Dec. 30, 2000Jan. 6, 2001Jan. 13, 2001Jan. 20, 20011234567Amount34.886.295.2631.840.003116.09Source : National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.

2000 2001 ItemAs on FridayJan. 21Dec. 22Dec. 29Jan. 5Jan. 12Jan. 1912345678Standard GoldOpening4,5504,5554,5604,5104,4604,,430(Rs. per 10 grams) Closing4,5304,5504,5504,5104,4504,440 Silver (999.0 fineness)Opening8,1257,7657,7157,6407,6557,855(Rs. per kilogram) Closing8,1207,7457,7207,6357,6357,870Note : In case Friday is a holiday, prices relate to the preceding working day.Source : Bombay Bullion Association Ltd.

(Rs. crore) Jan. 19, 2001 Variation in Total Treasury BillsHolders Treasury Bills of Different MaturitiesTotalOver theOver End 14 Day14 Day91 Day182 Day364 Day(2+3+4+WeekMarch (Auction)(Intermediate)(Auction)(Auction)(Auction)5+6) 123456789Reserve Bank of India——81031,8341,945–666–4,853 Banks15—5696068,98510,175–1923,639 State Governments1701,438———1,608–158–809 Others185761,3685912,9315,1518442,374

(Devolvement/Private Placement on RBI and OMO Sales/Purchases)(Face Value in Rs. crore) Gross Amount RaisedNet Amount Raised 2000-20011999-20001999-20002000-20011999-20001999-2000 (Upto(Upto (Upto(Upto Jan. 19, 2001)Jan. 21, 2000) Jan. 19, 2001)Jan. 21, 2000) 12345671. Total94,18381,63086,63068,18368,27670,276of which : 1.1 Devolvement/Private Placement on RBI31,15127,00027,000 2. RBI's OMO Sales23,53328,27436,613 Purchases4,356501,244

(Amount in Rs. crore) For the Week Ended Jan. 12, 2001For the Week Ended Jan. 19, 2001ItemAmountYTM (%PA) Indicative**AmountYTM (%PA) Indicative** MinimumMaximum MinimumMaximum 1 2345 6 7I.Outright Transactions 1.Govt. of India Dated Securities Maturing in the year 2000-01709.22309.5401— — — 2001-024599.70029.95752549.74909.9575 2002-03 $5269.800510.00284529.77999.9473 2003-048229.886210.06619779.84159.9924 2004-0514610.029710.10062359.975910.9487 2005-0649710.067010.