(Rs. crore) Item 2006 2007 Variation   Aug. 25 Aug. 17 Aug. 24# Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes issued 4,40,998 5,04,449 5,00,140 –4,309 59,142 Notes in circulation 4,40,973 5,04,430 5,00,119 –4,311 59,146 Notes held in Banking Department 25 19 21 2 –4 Deposits           Central Government 6,891 7,871 3,489 –4,382 –3,402 Market Stabilisation Scheme 42,364 1,00,960 1,04,964 4,004 62,600 State Governments 41 41 41 — — Scheduled Commercial Banks

    Variation over Item As on Aug. 24, 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 9,41,888 228,849 1,335 2,404 73,666 29,670 1,57,906 51,598 1,71,370 63,523 (a) Foreign Currency Assets 9,12,157 221,505 1,346 2,402 * 75,560 29,581 1,59,419 51,318 1,75,719 63,505 (b) Gold 27,850 6,887 — — –1,723 103 –974 370 –2,646 330 (c

(Rs. crore)   Outstanding as on Variation over Item 2007 Fortnight Financial year so far Year-on-year   Aug. 17 #   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. 18 Jul. 13 Jul. 20 Jul. 27 Aug. 3 Aug. 10 Aug. 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)(1) 5.00 6.50 6.50 6.50 6.50 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 7.50-9

(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. 20+ Aug. 21 Aug. 22 Aug. 23 Aug. 24 Aug. 20+ Aug. 21 Aug. 22 Aug. 23 Aug. 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. Dollar     41.0600 41.0100 40.8600 41.1800   13.13 13.44 13.95 12.92 Euro     55.3400 55.3000 55.3800 55.8500   8.02 8.32 7.55 6.34 FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. { Buying 41.0

(Rs. crore)   Outstanding as on Variation over Item 2007 Fortnight Financial year so far Year-on-year       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. 24# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Reserve Money 7,09,016 7,49,100 16,121 2.2 16,218 2.8 40,084 5.7 92,392 18.6 1,59,826 27.1 Components (i+ii+iii)                         (i) Currency in circul

(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. 21, 2007 1 — — — — — 12 10,190 12 10,190 6.00 –10,190 10,190 Aug. 22, 2007 1 — — — — — 9 13,885 9 13,88

(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

(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. 12 Jun. 16* Aug. 11# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 205.0 211.9 213.4 0.1 0.2 1.4 4.1 Primary Articles 22.02 203.9 219.0 223.5 0.4 0.4 3.5 9.6 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 213.8 224.7 242.7 4.1 1.5 9.5 13.5 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 328.9 322.0 322.1 — 0.1 0.6 –2.1 Manufactured Products 63.75 177.7 184.8 185.7 0.1 0.2 0.9 4.5 (i) Sugar,

  2006 2007   Aug. 24 Aug. 20 Aug. 21 Aug. 22 Aug. 23 Aug. 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 11531.95 14427.55 13989.11 14248.66 14163.98 14424.87 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000) 3370.40 4209.05 4074.90 4153.15 4114.95 4190.15 + : Market closed.

(Rs. crore)   Week Ended   Jul. 13, 2007 Jul. 20, 2007 Jul. 27, 2007 Aug. 3, 2007 Aug. 10, 2007 Aug. 17, 2007 Aug. 24, 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Banks                 (a) Borrowings 10,058 8,028 7,153 7,026 12,706 11,388 11,048   (b) Lendings 10,608 8,569 7,751 7,696 13,099 11,725 11,471 2. Primary Dealers                 (a) Borrowings 551 558 613 709 519 465 475   (b) L

(Rs. crore)   Week Ended Items Jul. 20, 2007 Jul. 27, 2007 Aug. 3, 2007 Aug. 10, 2007 Aug. 17, 2007 Aug. 24, 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Outright Transactions               (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities 1,10,647 77,922 61,542 71,824 29,191 49,892   (b) State Government Securities 729 545 485 284 427 976   (c) 91 – Day Treasury Bills 5,868 3,374 3,744 2,540 1,935 2,294   (d) 182 – Day Treasury Bills 445 654 2,083 7

(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. 6, 2007 1,696 791 233 2,036 1,512 3,214 3,447 5,720 471 6,061 1,846 289 Aug. 7, 2007 1,426 411 140 2,437 1,953 3,947 2,199 3,873 128 5,357 1,431 168 Aug. 8, 2007 1,974 1,632 600 1,542 1,650 1,942 4,817 7,249 332 5,68

(Rs. crore)   Week Ended   Jul. 20, 2007 Jul. 27, 2007 Aug. 3, 2007 Aug. 10, 2007 Aug. 17, 2007 Aug. 24, 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Amount 655.28 376.64 318.88 224.27 58.22 15.93 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 24, 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 — 25,625 14,751 34,193 74,569 1,029 22,447 State Governments 35,123 34,396 4,611 4,987

(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. 24, 2007) Aug. 25, 2006)   Aug. 24, 2007) Aug. 25, 2006)   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Total 83,000 80,000 1,46,000 55,232 50,212 1,06,921   of which :               1.1 Devolvement/Private             Placem

(Amount in Rs. crore)   For the Week Ended Aug. 17, 2007 For the Week Ended Aug. 24, 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 —