(Rs. crore)Item19992000Variation Apr. 23Apr. 14 Apr. 21#Week Year123 45 6Notes in circulation1,81,4822,01,211 2,01,755544 20,273Notes issued1,81,5132,01,237 2,01,781544 20,268Notes held in Banking Department3125 25— -6Deposits : Central Government101119 100-19 -1State Governments2651 41-10 15Scheduled Commercial Banks69,67864,182 65,5481,366 -4,130Scheduled State Co-operative Banks614830 85929 245Other Banks1,0791,823 1,758-65 679Others5,3855,464 5,460-4 75Other liabi

Variation overItemAs on April 21, 2000WeekEnd- March 2000End- December 1999Year Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.1234567891011Total Reserves1,66,79638,222-519-11988318614,8533,28727,5885,630 (a) Foreign Currency Assets1,53,78735,240-519-11986318214,6533,24827,1725,616 (b) Gold12,9732,974————1823541414 (c) SDRs368——2041842—Note: 1. Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of revaluation of no

(Rs. crore) Outstanding as onVariation overItem 2000 Financial year so farYear-on-year Apr. 7#Fortnight1999-20002000-2001199920001 234 567Liabilities to the Banking System Demand and time deposits from banks40,0533,6231,975 3,6239,4175,667Borrowings from Banks(1) 16,066-146-707 -1464,4634,702Other demand and time liabilities(2) 92983628 83727-421Liabilities to Others Aggregate deposits 8,38,646 @28,5825,44828,5821,16,9841,19,173 (3.5)(0.8) (3.5)(19.4)(16.6) [0.8] [3.6

(per cent per annum) 19992000Item / week endedApr. 16Mar. 10Mar. 17Mar. 24Mar. 31Apr. 7Apr. 141 2345678Bank Rate 8.008.008.008.008.007.007.00I.D.B.I.(1) 13.5013.5013.5013.5013.5013.5013.50Prime Lending Rate(2)12.00-12.5012.00-12.5012.00-12.5012.00-12.5012.00-12.5011.25-12.5011.25-11.75Deposit Rate(3)8.00-10.508.50-10.508.50-10.508.50-10.508.50-10.508.00-10.508.00-10.00Call Money Rate (Low / High)(4) - Borrowings6.50 / 8.304.50 / 11.507.50 / 9.505.70 / 11.206.00 / 25.0

(Rs. crore)      1999-20001998-99      OutstandingVariationsOutstandingVariations      as on(3) - (2)as on(6) - (5) Item   19992000 19981999       Mar. 26Mar. 24 Mar. 27Mar. 26    1   23456 71.Bank Credit  3,68,8374,34,18265,3443,24,0793,68,83744,759   

1999 2000 1999 2000 Foreign Currency Apr. 23Apr. 17Apr. 18Apr. 19Apr. 20Apr. 21+Apr. 23Apr. 17Apr. 18Apr.19Apr. 20 Apr. 21+1234567891011121314 RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per U.S. Dollar) Foreign Currency per Rs. 100@ 42.740043.650043.640043.650043.6400 (Based on Middle Rates) FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S.{ Buying42.735043.640043.635043.645043.6400 2.33972.29102.29152.29102.2915 DollarSelling42.745043.650043.645043.655043.6500 Pound{ Buying69.04

(Rs. crore) Outstanding as onVariation over 2000 Financial year so farYear-on-year Fortnight1999-2000 2000-20011999 2000 Item Mar. 31#Apr. 7#Amount%Amount %Amount%Amount%Amount% 1 23456 78910111213 11,11,70711,46,36030,9422.810,780* 1.134,6523.11,59,264*19.21,56,947*15.9M 3 (1.1) (3.2) (17.0) (16.2)Components (i+ii+iii+iv) (i)Currency with the Public 1,89,3191,93,8608670.46,915 4.14,5412.424,19315.917,97510.2(ii)Demand deposits with banks 1,47,3531,54,7647,4115.0- 5,0

(Rs. crore) Outstanding Variation over as on Financial year so far 2000 Week1999-20002000-2001Year Item Mar. 31#Apr.21#Amount%Amount%Amount%Amount% 1 23 456 7891011 Reserve Money 2,80,2432,77,129 1,8700.7551 0.2- 3,113- 1.117,2336.6 Components (i+ii+iii) (i)Currency in circulation 1,96,6782,05,950 5440.39,502 5.49,2724.720,60111.1 (ii)Bankers' deposits with RBI 80,46068,166 1,3302.0- 8,332-10.5- 12,294- 15.3- 3,206- 4.5 (iii)"Other" deposits with RBI 3,1053,014 -4 -61

(Rs. crore)Date ofDate ofNotifiedBids ReceivedBids AcceptedDevolvement onTotalWeigh-ImplicitAmountAuctionIssueAmountNumberTotal 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)1 2 34567891011121314151999-2000 Oct.1Oct.4100163051,00021001,000——1,10099.688.34671,600Jan.7Jan.81001912515016100150——25099.688.6

(Rs. crore)Date ofDate ofNotifiedBids ReceivedBids AcceptedDevolvement onTotalWeigh-ImplicitAmountAuctionIssueAmountNumberTotal 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)1 2 345 67891011121314151999-2000 Oct.1Oct.410014114 —————10010097.699.45851,735@Jan.7Jan.810016137 —11100———10097.749.24901,37520

(Rs. crore)Date ofDate ofNotifiedBids ReceivedBids AcceptedDevolve-TotalWeigh-ImplicitAmountAuctionIssueAmountNumberTotal Face ValueNumberTotal Face ValuementIssuetedYield atOutstanding Com-Non- Com-Non-on(8+9+10)AverageCut-offas on the petitiveCom- petitiveCom-RBI PricePriceDate of Issue petitive petitive (per cent)(Face Value)1 2 345 678910111213141999-2000 Oct.13Oct.1410015114 ————10010095.299.88561,700 @Jan.5Jan.610027337 —9100——10095.359.81961,900Mar.29Mar.301001

(Rs. crore)Date ofDate ofNotifiedBids ReceivedBids AcceptedDevolvement onTotalWeigh-ImplicitAmountAuctionIssueAmountNumberTotal 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)1 2 345 67891011121314151999-2000 Oct.6Oct.750020573 —3110——39050090.6410.326614,300Jan.12Jan.13500491,377 —15500———50090.8010.1

(Rs. crore)Fortnight endedTotal AmountIssued duringRate of Interest  Outstanding #the fortnight #(per cent)@1  2 34Apr.9, 1999 3,494 677.00 — 12.50Jul.2, 1999 2,111 306.25 — 11.50Oct.8, 1999 1,868 1016.75 — 11.00Jan.14, 2000 1,401 808.50 — 11.00Feb.25, 2000 1,280 787.75 — 13.24Mar.10, 2000 1,243 937.85 — 12.78       @ : Effective interest rate range

(Rs. crore)Fortnight endedTotal AmountReported duringRate of Interest  Outstandingthe fortnight(per cent)@1 2 34Apr.15, 19995,029 1,3869.15 — 12.00Jul.15, 19996,311 7549.30 — 12.00Oct.15, 19996,689 1,1049.91 — 11.75Jan.15, 20007,747 1,0929.05 — 11.65Mar.31, 20005,663 86010.00 — 12.00Apr.15, 20005,634 1,1279.58 — 12.25      @ : Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues durin

19992000Percentage Variation overItem / Week ended WeightApr. 10Feb. 12*Apr. 8#WeekMonthEndYear March 1 23456789ALL COMMODITIES 100.00142.3145.9148.90.51.40.94.6Primary Articles 22.02156.8155.1162.0 2.32.03.3(i) Fruits and Vegetables2.92174.0138.1167.70.715.313.6-3.6Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants14.23152.6168.1173.62.53.32.513.8Manufactured Products 63.75135.0137.8138.90.10.50.12.9(i) Sugar, Khandsari and Gur3.93154.7155.8159.1 0.60.42.8(ii) Edible Oils 2.76134.811

19992000 Apr. 21Apr. 17Apr. 18Apr. 19Apr. 20Apr. 21+1 234567 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100)3,464.544,880.714,745.474,665.814,657.42 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000)996.651,443.551,414.801,404.951,415.65 + : Market closed.

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Mar. 3, 2000Mar. 10, 2000Mar. 17, 2000Mar. 24, 2000Mar. 31, 2000Apr. 7, 2000Apr. 14, 20001 23456781.Banks (a)Borrowings12,43410,58911,97911,69312,29611,26211,829 (b)Lendings9,7065,8227,7289,0597,88410,9899,5662.Primary Dealers (a)Borrowings6,0126,1956,4757,3045,7598,2547,343 (b)Lendings2,1131,6822,8072,6593,1492,1441,9773.Non-Bank Institutions (a)Lendings2,6203,4343,4612,6172,5291,6482,4504.Total (a)Borrowings18,44616,78418,45418,99718,05519,516

(Rs. crore) Week EndedItem / Week endedMar. 17, 2000Mar. 24, 2000Mar. 31, 2000Apr. 7, 2000Apr. 14, 2000Apr. 21, 20001 234 5 67 I. Outright Transactions (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities8,1896,41712,747 19,247 17,59616,373(b) State Government Securities 7186157 14 127(c) 14 - Day Treasury Bills 8512480 10 107172(d) 91 - Day Treasury Bills 392354524 489 200401(e) 182 - Day Treasury Bills 109198251 207 230134(f) 364 - Day Treasury Bills 1,4052,0334,388 2,081 637471II.

(US$ Million) MerchantInter-bank FCY/ INRFCY/ FCYFCY/ INRFCY/FCY SpotForwardForwardSpotForwardForwardSpotSwapForwardSpotSwapForward Cancel- Cancel- Position Date lation lation 12345 678910111213Purchases Apr. 10, 2000454771229 26125667671683096714 Apr. 11, 20003331143243 148568718853441099 Apr. 12, 2000+ Apr. 13, 20004831275825 29164328503325623728 Apr. 14, 2000+ Sales Apr. 10, 20004241153231 26135287701113256313 Apr. 11, 2000+363170845 1510484672945581218 Apr. 12, 20

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Mar. 18, 2000Mar. 25, 2000Apr. 1, 2000Apr. 8, 2000Apr. 15, 2000Apr. 22, 20001 23 4567 Amount 12.4615.54 0.020.010.040.01 Source : National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.

19992000ItemAs on FridayApr. 23Mar. 24Mar. 31Apr. 7Apr. 14Apr. 2112345678Standard GoldOpening4,4104,5204,4004,4804,5004,470(Rs. per 10 grams) Closing4,4104,5004,3804,4754,5004,460 Silver (999.0 fineness)Opening7,8808,0007,9008,0158,1407,985(Rs. per kilogram) Closing7,9007,9957,9008,0208,1508,000 Note : In case Friday is a holiday, prices relate to the preceding working day. Source : Bombay Bullion Association Ltd.

(Rs. crore) April 20, 2000 Variation in Total Treasury BillsHolders Treasury Bills of Different Maturities TotalOver theOver End 14 Day14 Day91 Day182 Day364 Day(2+3+4+ WeekMarch (Auction)(Intermediate)(Auction)(Auction)(Auction)5+6) 1 2345 67 89 Reserve Bank of India5—358255 5,6426,260 -329-539 Banks 97—640550 5,7487,034 118499 State Governments —781—— —781 -266-1,636 Others 9859572496 1,6102,835 29658

(Devolvement / Private Placement on RBI and OMO Sales/ Purchases)(Face Value in Rs. crore) Gross Amount Raised Net Amount Raised 2000-2001 1999-2000 1999-2000 2000-20011999-20001999-2000 (Upto (Upto (Upto(Upto Apr. 21, 2000)Apr. 23, 1999) Apr. 21, 2000)Apr. 23, 1999) 12 3 4 5671. Total5,000 18,000 86,630 4,60813,58370,276of which : 1.1 Devolvement/Private Placement on RBI— 12,000 27,000 2. RBI's OMO Sales41 7,021 36,613 Purchases— — 1,244

(Amount in Rs. crore) For the Week Ended April 14, 2000For the Week Ended April 21, 2000ItemAmountYTM (%PA) IndicativeAmountYTM (%PA) Indicative MinimumMaximum MinimumMaximum1 23 45 67I. Outright Transactions 1.Govt. of India Dated Securities Maturing in the year 2000-01 5148.28339.82127118.52629.5139 2001-02 1,0009.43579.66978149.40929.5589 2002-03 $ 3709.59719.72575619.56129.6793 2003-04 3109.71769.91955009.67069.8247 2004-05 4759.80409.93354559.78099.8933 2005-06 4