(Rs. crore) Item 2007 2008 Variation Mar. 9 Feb. 29 Mar. 7# Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes Issued 4,98,632 5,66,316 5,76,374 10,058 77,742 Notes in Circulation 4,98,613 5,66,297 5,76,359 10,062 77,746 Notes held in Banking Department 19 19 15 –4 –4 Deposits Central Government 16,576 48,638 31,267 –17,371 14,691 Market Stabilisation Scheme 49,728 1,75,089 1,72,178 –2,911 1,22,450 State Governments 41 41 41 — — Scheduled Commercial Banks 1,67,623 2,54,217 2,67,404 13,187 9

Variation over Item As on Mar. 7, 2008 Week End-March2007 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 12,29,342 303,460 26,811 2,225 3,61,120 104,281 1,44,322 28,144 3,68,662 109,050 (a) Foreign Currency Assets 11,89,438 293,471 26,767 2,221* 3,52,841 101,547 1,38,953 26,918 3,61,330 106,413 (b) Gold 38,154 9,558 — — 8,581 2,774 5,335 1,230 7,655 2,675 (c) SDRs

(Rs. crore) Outstanding as on Variation over Item 2008 Financial year so far Year-on-year Feb. 29# Fortnight 2006-2007 2007-2008 2007 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liabilities to the Banking System Demand and Time Deposits from Banks 39,512 –332 –1,465 –1,260 3,621 3,899 Borrowings from Banks(1) 26,442 –1,964 586 –8,957 2,378 –3,341 Other Demand and Time Liabilities(2) 16,994 –708 746 4,708 –106 7,358 Liabilities to Others Aggregate Deposits 30,80,859 43,539 3,81,878 4,72,550 4,

(per cent per annum) Item / Week Ended 2007 2008 Mar. 2 Jan. 25 Feb. 1 Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Feb. 22 Feb. 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)(1) 5.75 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 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) 12.25-12.50 12.75-13.25 12.75-13.25 12.75-13.25 12.75-13.25 12.50-13.25 12.25-13.00 Deposit Rate(4) 7.50-9.00 8.25-9.00 8.25-9.00 8.25-9.00 8.25-9.00 8.25-9.00 8.25-

(Rs. crore) 2007 - 2008 2006 - 2007 Outstanding as on Variation Outstanding as on Variation Item 2007 2008 (3) - (2) 2006 2007 (6) - (5) Mar. 30 Feb. 29 Mar. 31 Mar. 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Bank Credit 19,28,913 22,51,213 3,22,300 15,07,077 18,47,009 3,39,932 (16.7) (22.6) A. Food Credit 46,521 44,311 –2,209 40,691 44,990 4,299 B. Non-Food Credit 18,82,392 22,06,902 3,24,509 14,66,386 18,02,020 3,35,633 (17.2) (22.9) 2. Investments 83,394 93,534 10,140 79,464 80,071 607 A.

Foreign Currency 2008 Annual Appreciation (+) / Depreciation (-) (per cent) Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 Mar. 6 + Mar. 7 Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 Mar. 6 + Mar. 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. Dollar 40.2600 40.2900 40.2900 40.5300 — — 10.42 9.80 Euro 61.2600 61.2000 61.2300 62.4000 — — –4.41 –6.43 FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. { Buying 40.2500 40.2900 40.3000 40.5200 — — 10.37 9.80 Dollar Selling 40.2600 40.3

(Rs. crore) Outstanding as on Variation over Item 2007 2008 Fortnight Financial year so far Year-on-year 2006-2007 2007-2008 2007 2008 Mar. 31# Feb. 29# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 33,10,278 38,65,642 41,744 1.1 4,59,429 16.8 5,55,364 16.8 5,78,860 22.2 6,76,668 21.2 M3 Components (i+ii+iii+iv) (i) Currency with the Public 4,83,471 5,53,881 –574 –0.1 71,123 17.2 70,410 14.6 71,176 17.2 69,639 14.4 (ii) Demand Deposits wit

(Rs. crore) Outstanding as on Variation over Item 2007 2008 Week Financial year so far Year-on-year 2006-2007 2007-2008 2007 2008 Mar. 31# Mar. 7# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Reserve Money 7,09,016 8,72,881 22,573 2.7 1,16,365 20.3 1,63,865 23.1 1,29,015 23.0 1,83,460 26.6 Components (i+ii+iii) (i) Currency in Circulation 5,04,225 5,85,209 10,062 1.7 76,085 17.7 80,985 16.1 74,761 17.3 78,449 15.5 (ii) Bankers' Deposits w

(Rs. crore) REPO (INJECTION) REVERSE REPO (ABSORPTION) Net Injection (+)/ LAF Date Repo period Bids Received Bids Accepted Bids Received Bids Accepted Absorption(-) of Outstanding (Day(s)) Number Amount Number Amount Cut-Off Rate(%) Number Amount Number Amount Cut-Off Rate(%) Liquidity (6-11) Amount @ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Mar. 3, 2008 1 — — — — — 1 2,500 1 2,500 6.00 –2,500 2,500 Mar. 4, 2008 1 — — — — — 2 2,515 2 2,515 6.00 –2,515 2,515 Mar. 5, 2008 2 — —

(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 (per cent) Amount Outstanding 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 Jul. 4 Jul. 6 500 106 6,246 7,100 22 500 7,1

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Feb. 29, Feb. 16 Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 21 Feb. 22 Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Feb. 28 Feb. 29 2008 2,38,820 4,77,640 7,22,564 9,87,013 12,48,178 15,06,657 17,68,673 20,30,690 22,92,707 25,58,629 28,14,731 30,73,564 33,29,359 35,83,185 Feb. 14, Mar. 1 Mar. 2 Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 Mar. 6 Mar. 7 Mar. 8 Mar. 9 Mar. 10 Mar. 11 Mar. 12 Mar. 13 Mar. 14 2008 2,56,453 5,12,906 7,76,2

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Total Amount Outstanding # Issued During the Fortnight # Rate of Interest (per cent)@ 1 2 3 4 Jan. 5, 2007 68,928 2,449 8.26 — 9.25 Apr. 13, 2007 93,807 2,539 9.50 — 11.50 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 Jan. 18, 2008 1,29,124 7,099 7.90 — 9.21 @: 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 Jan. 15, 2007 23,758 1,255 8.30 — 9.58 Apr. 15, 2007 19,013 1,952 10.00 — 14.00 Jul. 15, 2007 28,129 4,200 4.00 — 11.50 Oct. 15, 2007 38,495 6,977 7.00 — 13.00 Dec. 31, 2007 40,243 6,477 7.60 — 12.00 Jan. 15, 2008 42,392 5,589 7.35 — 12.50 @: Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.

Items / Week Ended Weight 2007 2008 Percentage Variation over Feb. 24 Dec. 29* Feb. 23# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 209.0 216.7 219.5 0.3 0.9 4.3 5.0 Primary Articles 22.02 214.9 221.8 228.4 1.4 2.1 5.8 6.3 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 222.2 216.6 226.9 3.6 2.9 2.4 2.1 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 318.9 332.7 336.9 — 0.7 5.2 5.6 Manufactured Products 63.75 182.4 189.0 190.3 0.1 0.5 3.4 4.3 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and Gu

2007 2008 Mar. 7 Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 Mar. 6 + Mar. 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 12579.75 16677.88 16339.89 16542.08 15975.52 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000)</FONT> 3626.85 4953.00 4864.25 4921.40 4771.60 + : Market closed.

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Jan. 25, 2008 Feb. 1, 2008 Feb. 8, 2008 Feb. 15, 2008 Feb. 22, 2008 Feb. 29, 2008 Mar. 7, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Banks (a) Borrowings 15,467 12,242 12,538 8,699 9,762 9,874 9,099 (b) Lendings 17,259 13,646 13,800 10,012 10,876 10,589 10,095 2. Primary Dealers (a) Borrowings 1,895 1,524 1,321 1,333 1,135 728 1,011 (b) Lendings 103 120 59 20 21 12 15 3. Total (a) Borrowings 17,362 13,765 13,859 10,032 10,898 10,601 10,110 (b) Lendings 17,362 13,7

(Rs. crore) Items Week Ended Feb. 1, 2008 Feb. 8, 2008 Feb. 15, 2008 Feb. 22, 2008 Feb. 29, 2008 Mar. 7, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Outright Transactions (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities 87,994 92,110 1,10,789 73,039 70,870 56,095 (b) State Government Securities 1,176 353 303 1,724 1,174 162 (c) 91 – Day Treasury Bills 537 645 729 453 447 670 (d) 182 – Day Treasury Bills 618 1,805 1,160 604 298 274 (e) 364 – Day Treasury Bills 3,193 1,233 3,299 2,831 1,359 1,829 II. RBI

(US $ Million) Merchant Inter-bank FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INR FCY / FCY Position Date 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 Feb. 18, 2008 1,497 875 477 710 1,124 1,128 2,846 3,942 316 4,737 961 101 Feb. 19, 2008 2,082 1,622 728 787 1,042 1,204 5,009 8,114 471 5,166 1,786 232 Feb. 20, 2008 3,342 2,405 894 816 1,051 815 6,078 12,442 325 5,299 1,979 452 Feb. 21,

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Feb. 1, 2008 Feb. 8, 2008 Feb. 15, 2008 Feb. 22, 2008 Feb. 29, 2008 Mar. 7, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Amount 26.93 145.84 27.93 72.99 89.53 26.65 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) March 7, 2008 Variation in Total Treasury Bills Holders Treasury Bills of Different Maturities 14 Day 91 Day 182 Day 364 Day Total Over the Over End (Intermediate) (Auction) (Auction) (Auction) (2+3+4+5) Week March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Reserve Bank of India — — — — — — — Banks — 7,582 7,888 29,702 45,172 –3,508 –6,950 State Governments 52,416 25,935 1,480 4,531 84,362 –3,058 10,959 Others 638 8,550 8,217 26,521 43,925 553 13,651

(Devolvement/Private Placement on RBI and OMO Sales/Purchases) (Face Value in Rs. crore) Gross Amount Raised Net Amount Raised 2007-2008 2006-2007 2006-2007 2007-2008 2006-2007 2006-2007 (Upto (Upto (Upto (Upto Mar. 7, 2008) Mar. 9, 2007) Mar. 7, 2008) Mar. 9, 2007) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Total 1,56,000 1,39,000 1,46,000 1,11,196 1,00,986 1,06,921 of which : 1.1 Devolvement/Private Placement on RBI — — — 2. RBI's OMO Sales 6,812 5,031 5,845 Purchases 12,670 720 720 * : Incl

(Amount in Rs. crore) For the Week Ended Feb. 29, 2008 For the Week Ended Mar. 7, 2008 Item 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 2007-08 — — — — — — 2008-09 157 7.5362 8.2802 90 8.1223 8.1300 2009-10 2,405 7.4593 7.6433 1,795 7.4101 7.5274 2010-11 548 7.4917 7.6262 628 7.4697 7.5851 2011-12 7 — — 15 7.5523 7.5704 2012-13