(Rs. crore) Item 2006 2007 Variation   Sep. 1 Aug. 24 Aug. 31# Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes issued 4,40,163 5,00,140 4,98,091 –2,048 57,928 Notes in circulation 4,40,140 5,00,119 4,98,073 –2,045 57,933 Notes held in Banking Department 23 21 18 –3 –5 Deposits           Central Government 100 3,489 907 –2,582 807 Market Stabilisation Scheme 38,478 1,04,964 1,06,434 1,470 67,956 State Governments 41 41 41 — — Scheduled Commercial Banks 1,23,9

    Variation over Item As on Aug. 31, 2007 Week End-March 2007 End-December 2006 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 9,37,362 228,847 –4,526 –2 69,140 29,668 1,53,380 51,596 1,62,816 62,389 (a) Foreign Currency Assets 9,07,301 221,509 –4,856 4* 70,704 29,585 1,54,563 51,322 1,66,765 62,357 (b) Gold 28,186 6,881 336 –6 –1,387 97 –638 364 –2,250 343 (c) SD

(Rs. crore)   Outstanding Variation over Item as on   Financial year so far Year-on-year   2007 Aug. 17 # Fortnight 2006-2007 2007-2008 2006 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liabilities to the Banking System             Demand and time deposits from Banks 35,713 –210 –5,520 –5,059 –6,813 4,156 Borrowings from Banks(1) 30,881 5,506 –640 –4,518 –1,350 2,324 Other demand and time liabilities(2) 15,455 –819 –933 3,168 –3,477 7,497 Liabilitie

(per cent per annum) Item / week ended 2006 2007   Aug. 25 Jul. 20 Jul. 27 Aug. 3 Aug. 10 Aug. 17 Aug. 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)(1) 5.00 6.50 6.50 6.50 7.00 7.00 7.00 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) 11.00-11.50 12.75-13.25 12.75-13.25 12.75-13.25 12.75-13.25 12.75-13.25 12.75-13.25 Deposit Rate(4) 6.25-8.00 7.50-9.60 7.50-9.60 7.50-9.60 7.50-9.60 8.00-9

(Rs. crore)   2007 - 2008 2006 - 2007 Item Outstanding as on Variation Outstanding as on Variation   2007 (3) - (2) 2006 (6) - (5)   Mar. 30 Aug. 17   Mar. 31 Aug. 18   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Bank Credit 19,28,913 19,38,045 9,132 15,07,077 15,74,027 66,950           (0.5)     (4.4)   A. Food Credit 46,521 38,359 –8,162 40,691 36,535 –4,156   B. Non-Food Credit 18,82,392 18,99,686 17,294 14,66,386 15,37,49

Foreign Currency 2007 Annual appreciation (+) / depreciation (-) (per cent)   Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 Aug. 30 Aug. 31 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 Aug. 30 Aug. 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. Dollar 40.9800 41.1200 41.2400 41.0400 40.9600 — 13.23 12.80 13.33 13.65 Euro     56.0200 56.0300 56.0600 56.0700 55.9600 — 6.28 6.42 6.40 6.70 FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. { Buying 40.9850 41.130

(Rs. crore)     Variation over   Outstanding as on   Financial year so far Year-on-year Item 2007 Fortnight 2006-2007 2007-2008 2006 2007   Mar. 31# Aug. 17# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 M3 33,10,278 34,55,658 –34,159 –1.0 1,49,498 5.5 1,45,380 4.4 4,76,948 19.9 5,76,615 20.0 Components (i+ii+iii+iv)                         (i) Currency wi

(Rs. crore)     Variation over   Outstanding as on   Financial year so far Year-on-year Item 2007 Week 2006-2007 2007-2008 2006 2007   Mar. 31# Aug. 31# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Reserve Money 7,09,016 7,46,833 –2,267 –0.3 12,817 2.2 37,816 5.3 91,505 18.5 1,60,960 27.5 Components (i+ii+iii)                         (i) Currency in circu

(Rs. crore)     REPO (INJECTION) REVERSE REPO (ABSORPTION) Net injection(+)/   LAF Repo period Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut- Off Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut- Off absorption (-) of Out standing Date (Day(s)) Number Amount Number Amount Rate (%) Number Amount Number Amount Rate (%) liquidity (6-11) Amount @ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Aug. 27, 2007 1 — — — — — 7 7,770 7 7,770 6.00 –7,770 7,770               &

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

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Aug. 17, Aug. 4 Aug. 5 Aug. 6 Aug. 7 Aug. 8 Aug. 9 Aug. 10 Aug. 11 Aug. 12 Aug. 13 Aug. 14 Aug. 15 Aug. 16 Aug. 17 2007 2,49,500 4,99,001 6,89,948 8,88,468 10,90,973 12,86,543 15,00,439 17,13,964 19,27,489 21,34,738 23,38,775 25,42,744 27,46,431 29,46,299 Aug. 31, Aug. 18 Aug. 19 Aug. 20 Aug. 21 Aug. 22 Aug. 23 Aug. 24 Aug. 25 Aug. 26 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 Aug. 30 Aug. 31 2007 2,00,859 4,01,718 6,0

(Rs. crore) Fortnight ended Total Amount Outstanding # Issued during the fortnight # Rate of Interest (per cent)@ 1 2 3 4 Jul. 7, 2006 57,256 4,647 6.00—8.70 Oct. 13, 2006 64,482 2,513 4.75—8.50 Jan. 5, 2007 68,928 2,449 8.26—9.25 Apr. 13, 2007 93,807 2,539 9.50—11.50 Jun. 22, 2007 98,337 4,864 7.00—10.20 Jul. 6, 2007 99,111 4,186 6.25—9.69 @: 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 Jul. 15, 2006 21,652 3,389 6.25—8.30 Oct. 15, 2006 23,521 1,733 7.20—8.65 Jan. 15, 2007 23,748 1,255 8.30—9.58 Apr. 15, 2007 19,013 1,952 10.00—14.00 Jun. 30, 2007 26,256 2,287 7.35—12.00 Jul. 15, 2007 28,129 4,200 4.00—11.50 @: Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.

    2006 2007 Percentage Variation over Items / Week ended Weight Aug. 19 Jun. 23* Aug. 18# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 205.5 212.4 213.6 0.1 0.2 1.5 3.9 Primary Articles 22.02 205.7 221.0 224.7 0.5 0.9 4.1 9.2 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 219.4 230.6 245.2 1.0 1.6 10.6 11.8 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 328.7 322.1 322.1 — 0.1 0.6 –2.0 Manufactured Products 63.75 177.9 184.9 185.6 –0.1 0.1 0.9 4.3 (i) Sugar

  2006 2007   Aug. 31 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 Aug. 30 Aug. 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 11699.05 14842.38 14919.19 14993.04 15121.74 15318.60 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000) 3413.90 4302.60 4320.70 4359.30 4412.30 4464.00 + : Market closed.

(Rs. crore)   Week Ended   Jul. 20, 2007 Jul. 27, 2007 Aug. 3, 2007 Aug. 10, 2007 Aug. 17, 2007 Aug. 24, 2007 Aug. 31, 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Banks                 (a) Borrowings 8,028 7,153 7,026 12,706 11,388 11,048 10,466   (b) Lendings 8,569 7,751 7,696 13,099 11,725 11,471 11,102 2. Primary Dealers                 (a) Borrowings 558 613 709 519 465 475 644   (b) L

(Rs. crore) Items Week Ended   Jul. 27, 2007 Aug. 3, 2007 Aug. 10, 2007 Aug. 17, 2007 Aug. 24, 2007 Aug. 31, 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Outright Transactions               (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities 77,922 61,542 71,824 29,191 49,892 29,258   (b) State Government Securities 545 485 284 427 976 343   (c) 91 – Day Treasury Bills 3,374 3,744 2,540 1,935 2,294 1,386   (d) 182 – Day Treasury Bills 654 2,083 780 233

(US $ Million)   Merchant Inter-bank Position Date 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 Aug. 13, 2007 1,908 1,153 375 1,934 1,967 3,299 3,497 4,092 512 5,849 1,467 269 Aug. 14, 2007 1,833 1,340 510 2,977 1,702 3,766 3,722 3,839 472 5,932 1,969 116 Aug. 15, 2007 +             &nb

(Rs. crore)   Week Ended   Jul. 27, 2007 Aug. 3, 2007 Aug. 10, 2007 Aug. 17, 2007 Aug. 24, 2007 Aug. 31, 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Amount 376.64 318.88 224.27 58.22 15.93 71.59 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)   August 31, 2007 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 — 27,491 15,160 33,526 76,177 1608 24,055 State Governments 33,268 33,596 4,611 5,000 76,475 –2642 3,072 Others 458 12,509 7,370 17,117 37,453

(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     Aug. 31, 2007) Sep. 1, 2006)   Aug. 31, 2007) Sep. 1, 2006)   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Total 90,000 80,000 1,46,000 62,232 45,012 1,06,921   of which :               1.1 Devolvement/Private             Placemen

(Amount in Rs. crore)   For the Week Ended Aug. 24, 2007 For the Week Ended Aug. 31, 2007 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 —