(Rs. crore) 19981999Variation over ItemSep. 4Aug. 27Sep. 3WeekYear 123456Notes in circulation1,54,4771,79,1231,80,3771,25425,900 Notes issued1,54,5081,79,1511,80,4051,25425,897 Notes held in Banking Department312828—-3Deposits : Central Government51100100—49 State Governments133139826 Scheduled Commercial Banks68,78564,48272,8228,3404,037 Scheduled State Co-operative Banks671744748477 Other Banks1,1021,3121,423111321 Others5,7666,7076,646-61880Other liabilities56,0656

Variation over As on Sep. 10, 1999WeekEnd- March 1999End- December 1998YearItemRs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.1234567891011Total Reserves1,43,60832,986-174-615,60349615,7542,93020,1423,938of which : (a) Foreign Currency Assets1,32,00630,318-174-616,59479617,3133,36021,1144,225 (b) Gold11,5632,659——-996-301-1,245-356-950-282 (c) SDRs399——-51-314-74-22-5Note :1. Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include

(Rs. crore) Outstanding as onVariation overItem1999 Financial year so far Aug. 27#Fortnight1998-991999-2000Year123456Liabilities to the Banking System Demand and time deposits from banks32,596-1,8902,5461866,368Borrowings from Banks(1)11,416-2,834417-6553,840Other demand and time liabilities(2)796-98-98074331Liabilities to Others Aggregate deposits7,50,892@6,92947,38136,8671,05,026 (0.9)(7.9)(5.2)(16.3)Demand1,08,697906-5,420-8,72611,605Time6,42,195@6,02452,801*45,593

(Per cent per annum) 1998 1999 Item / week endedSep. 4Aug. 6Aug. 13Aug. 20Aug. 27Sep. 31234567Bank Rate9.008.008.008.008.008.00I.D.B.I.114.0013.5013.5013.5013.5013.50Prime Lending Rate212.75-13.0012.00-12.5012.00-12.5012.00-12.5012.00-12.5012.00-12.50Deposit Rate39.00-11.508.00-11.008.00-10.508.00-10.508.00-10.508.00-10.50Call Money Rate (Low / High)48.50/21.007.75/9.258.25/35.009.60/12.507.00 /10.057.80/10.351. Medium Term Lending Rate (MTLR).2. Prime Lending Rate re

(Rs. crore) 1999-20001998-99 OutstandingVariationsOutstandingVariations as on(3) - (2)as on(6) - (5) Item19991999 19981998 Mar. 26Aug. 27 Mar. 27Aug. 28 1 2345671.Bank Credit3,68,8373,74,5825,7453,24,0793,23,597-481 (1.6) (-0.1) A.Food Credit16,81621,6884,87212,48516,6984,213 B.Non-Food Credit3,52,0213,52,8948733,11,5943,06,900-4,694 (0.2) (-1.5) 2.Investments48,18653,392 @@5,20731,72739,153+7,426 A.Commercial Paper4,0136,4262,4121,9934,6392,647 B.Bonds/Debentures/Pre

Foreign 1998 1999 1998 1999 Currency Sep. 11Sep. 6Sep. 7Sep. 8Sep. 9Sep. 10Sep. 11Sep. 6Sep. 7Sep. 8Sep. 9Sep. 101 234567891011121314 RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per U.S. Dollar) Foreign Currency per Rs. 100@ 42.510043.480043.490043.510043.510043.5400 (Based on Middle Rates) FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. { Buying42.495043.475043.480043.505043.505043.53002.35242.29992.29942.29832.29832.2967Dollar Selling42.515043.485043.490043.515043.515043.5400

(Rs. crore) Outstanding Variation over as on Item Financial year so far 1999Fortnight1998-991999-2000Year Mar. 31#Aug. 27#Amount%Amount%Amount%Amount% 1234567891011M3 9,72,204 *10,27,4842,5870.357,105 *7.055,280 *5.71,49,047 *17.0Components (i+ii+iii+iv) (i)Currency with the Public1,69,3821,76,673-4,208-2.34,2552.97,2914.326,84017.9(ii)Demand deposits with banks1,35,1111,27,1957900.6-5,978-5.0-7,916-5.914,44812.8(iii)Time deposits with banks6,63,8907,19,085@6,1940.957

(Rs. crore) Outstanding as onVariation over Item Financial year so far 1999Week1998-991999-2000Year Mar. 31#Sep. 3#Amount%Amount%Amount%Amount% 1234567891011Reserve Money2,59,3712,63,6869,6483.85,7832.64,3151.731,50113.6 Components (i+ii+iii) (i)Currency in circulation1,75,8461,84,2231,2540.76,9834.68,3774.826,18516.6 of which : cash with banks6,464.. (ii)Bankers' deposits with RBI79,70374,9938,45512.7-1,247-1.7-4,710-5.94,4356.3 (iii)"Other" deposits with RBI3,8214,4

(Rs. crore)Date ofDate ofNotifiedCompetitiveDevolvementNon-Compe-TotalWeightedImplicit YieldAmount Outstan-AuctionIssueAmountBidson PDs andtitive BidsIssueAverageat Cut-offding as on the AcceptedRBI*Accepted(4+5+6)PricePriceDate of Issue (Face Value)(Face Value)(Face Value)(Face Value) (per cent)(Face Value) 1 2345678910Oct.9, '98Oct.10, '98500500--50099.678.8702900Jan.1, '99Jan.2, '99100100--10099.659.1320200Apr.1, '99Apr.3, '99100100--10099.707.8235200Jul.2, '99Jul.

(Rs. crore)Date ofDate ofNotifiedCompetitiveDevolvementNon-Compe-TotalWeightedImplicit YieldAmount Outstan-AuctionIssueAmountBidson PDs andtitive BidsIssueAverageat Cut-offding as on the AcceptedRBI*Accepted(4+5+6)PricePriceDate of Issue (Face Value)(Face Value)(Face Value)(Face Value) (per cent)(Face Value) 1 2345678910Oct.9, '98Oct.10, '985003821184054097.579.96216,151Jan.1, '99Jan.2, '99100100--10097.679.54235,670Apr.1, '99Apr.3, '99100100-2012097.868.74721,520Jul.

(Rs. crore)Date ofDate ofNotifiedCompetitiveDevolvementNon-Compe-TotalWeightedImplicit YieldAmount Outstan-AuctionIssueAmountBidsontitive BidsIssueAverageat Cut-offding as on the AcceptedRBIAccepted(4+5+6)PricePriceDate of Issue (Face Value)(Face Value)(Face Value)(Face Value) (per cent)(Face Value) 1 2345678910Jun.23, '99Jun.24, '99100100——10095.309.9738300Jul.7, '99Jul.8, '99100100——10095.279.9297400Jul.21, '99Jul.22, '99100100——10095.319.8856500Aug.4, '99Aug.5, '99

(Rs. crore)Date ofDate ofNotifiedCompetitiveDevolvementNon-Compe-TotalWeightedImplicit YieldAmount Outstan-AuctionIssueAmountBidson PDs andtitive BidsIssueAverageat Cut-offding as on the AcceptedRBI*Accepted(4+5+6)PricePriceDate of Issue (Face Value)(Face Value)(Face Value)(Face Value) (per cent)(Face Value) 1 2345678910Oct.7, '98Oct.9, '98400400--40090.3610.71745,827Jan.13, '99Jan.15, '99750750--75090.5210.49726,519Apr.7, '99Apr.9, '99500500--50090.959.974710,700Jul.

(Rs. crore)Fortnight endedTotal AmountIssued duringRate of Interest Outstanding#the fortnight #(Per cent)@1 234Oct.9, 19986,1327867.75 — 13.50Jan.1, 19993,6676218.00 — 17.35Apr.9, 19993,494677.00 — 12.50Jul.2, 19992,111306.25 — 11.50Jul.16, 19992,217406.25 — 10.90Jul.30, 19993,463307.50 — 11.00@ : Effective interest rate range per annum.

(Rs. crore)Fortnight endedTotal Amount OutstandingReported during the fortnightRate of Interest (Per cent)@1 234Oct.15, 19984,8031,101 9.50 — 13.40Jan.15, 19995,4111,215 9.75 — 13.00Apr.15, 19995,0291,386 9.15 — 12.00Jul.15, 19996,311754 9.30 — 12.00Aug.15, 19997,4191,507 9.05 — 12.25Aug.31, 19997,6781,535 9.10 — 12.50@ : Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.

19981999Percentage Variation overItem / Week endedWeightAug. 29Jul. 3*Aug. 28#WeekMonthEndYear March 123456789ALL COMMODITIES100.00354.3359.1360.70.30.82.11.8Primary Articles32.30381.8385.9390.00.71.64.02.1(i) Fruits and Vegetables4.09502.3429.9414.80.13.41.0-17.4Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants10.66379.9397.0398.6—0.42.14.9Manufactured Products57.04334.0336.9337.10.10.50.90.9(i) Sugar, Khandsari and Gur4.06339.4311.0314.90.11.09.3-7.2(ii) Edible Oils2.45366.1328.230

19981999 Sep. 10Sep. 6Sep. 7Sep. 8Sep. 9Sep. 101234567 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100)3,108.674,832.564,773.654,781.624,764.594,760.21S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000)907.401,390.201,383.251,399.501,396.901,391.10Note : NSE - 50, i.e. Nifty has since been rechristened as 'S & P CNX Nifty' with effect from July 28, 1998.

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Mar. 12, '99Mar. 26, '99Jun. 4, '99Jun. 18, '99Jul. 2, '99Jul. 16, '99 Jul. 30, '991 23456781.Banks a)Borrowing11,35112,05610,8349,8529,78810,33311,371 b)Lending7,0477,7178,1466,7686,8407,9498,7932.Primary Dealers a)Borrowing3,7054,5445,2975,1785,7525,3816,494 b)Lending1,6792,2111,9721,9101,9191,7882,0783.Non-Bank Institutions a)Lending5,9506,4815,8935,7376,2695,6665,658

(Rs. crore) Week EndedItemsAug. 6, '99Aug. 13, '99Aug. 20, '99Aug. 27, '99Sep. 3, '99Sep. 10, '99 1234567I. Outright Transactions a.Govt. of India Dated Securities32,69218,00212,23413,5169,1336,571b.State Goverment Securities68610072128251c.14 - Day Treasury Bills3042612353—10d.91 - Day Treasury Bills357157343223223273e.182 - Day Treasury Bills69437152164220f.364 - Day Treasury Bills2,8296931,2212,4027851,068II. RBI*2,98850222,280421@ : Excluding Repo Transactions.* :

(US$ Million) MerchantInter-bank FCY/INRFCY/FCYFCY/ INRFCY/FCY SpotForwardForwardSpotForwardForwardSpotSwapForwardSpotSwapForward Cancel- Cancel- Position Date lation lation 12345678910111213Purchases Aug.23, 199924071661630116616147338413617 Aug.24, 1999180443422124484755289141929244 Aug.25, 1999165335017302831947613946913315 Aug.26, 199921420321913183074096731521323 Aug.27, 19992425416220136234116323344526131 Sales Aug.23, 1999385184441622134726067739315322 Aug.24,

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Aug. 7, '99Aug. 14, '99Aug. 21, '99Aug. 28, '99Sep. 4, '99Sep. 10, '991234567Amount13.8118.9510.818.3011.9511.30Source: National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.

19981999ItemAs on FridaySep. 11Aug. 13Aug. 20Aug. 27Sep. 3Sep. 1012345678Standard GoldOpening4,2454,1404,1204,0404,0504,080(Rs. per 10 grams) Closing4,2554,1404,1204,0504,0504,080 Silver (999.0 fineness)Opening7,5808,2208,0908,0058,0058,075(Rs. per kilogram) Closing7,6258,1858.0608,0408,0208,080Note : In case Friday is a holiday, prices relate to the preceding working day.Source : Bombay Bullion Association Ltd.

(Rs. crore)Holders September 10, 1999Variation in Total Treasury Bills 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 India95—350958551,395609581 Banks5—49244610,89911,842-1943,242 State Governments1,4504,299600300—6,649-97046 Others—3514182592,1463,175-536-780

(Devolvement/ Private Placement on RBI and OMO Sales/ Purchases)(Face Value in Rs. crore) Gross Amount RaisedNet Amount Raised 1999-20001998-991998-991999-20001998-991998-99 (Upto(Upto (Upto(Upto Sep. 10, 1999)Sep. 11, 1998) Sep. 10, 1999)Sep. 11, 1998) 1234561.Total54,13058,12183,75346,33149,46268,950 of which : 1.1Devolvement/Private Placement on RBI23,50018,20538,205 2.RBI's OMO Sales23,5019,24926,348 Purchases50——

(Amount in Rs. crore) For the Week Ended September 3, 1999For the Week Ended September 10, 1999ItemsAmountYTM (%PA) IndicativeAmountYTM (%PA) Indicative MinimumMaximum MinimumMaximum1 234567I. Outright Transactions 1.Govt. of India Dated Securities Maturing in the year 1999-2000629.538910.4431259.048911.0783 2000-0146010.097113.924821610.085910.7413 2001-0241710.445913.995570110.605010.8952 2002-03 $31910.614213.653248510.718110.8906 2003-0479110.709213.798854410.8624