(Rs. crore) 2000 2001 Variation Item Nov. 24 Nov. 16 Nov. 23# Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes issued 2,06,478 2,38,298 2,35,426 -2,872 28,948 Notes in circulation 2,06,425 2,38,243 2,35,374 -2,869 28,949 Notes held in Banking Department 53 56 52 -4 -1 Deposits Central Government 100 100 101 1 1 State Governments 41 56 41 -15 - Scheduled Commercial Banks 68,663 68,875 60,690 -8,185 -7,973 Scheduled State Co-operative Banks 814 968 1,045 77 231 Other Banks 2,494 2,835 2,899

Variation over Item As on Nov. 23, 2001 Week End-March 2001 End-December 2000 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 2,23,997 46,631 868 162 26,793 4,350 36,640 6,554 44,548 8,340 of which : (a) Foreign Currency Assets 2,09,883 43,689 868 162* 25,401 4,135 35,676 6,425 43,545 8,200 (b) Gold 14,089 2,937 - - 1,378 212 946 126 985 137 (c) SDRs 25 5 - - 14 3 18 3 18 3 * : Forei

(Rs. crore) Variation over Outstanding on Financial year so far Year-on-year as on 2001 Nov 16# Fortnight 2000-2001 2001-2002 2000 2001 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liabilities to the Banking System Demand and time deposits from Banks 31,243 -1,319 1,594 -19,508 4,137 -7,062 Borrowings from Banks (1) 19,944 -725 136 -4,103 3,578 3,541 Other demand and time liabilities (2) 1,773 -123 423 -518 305 489 Liabilities to Others Aggregate deposits@ 10,56,897 3,837 1,01,274 94,279 1,43,008 1

(per cent per annum) 2000 2001 Item / week ended Nov. 17 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)(1) 8.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 5.75 5.75 Bank Rate 8.00 7.00 7.00 6.50 6.50 6.50 6.50 I.D.B.I.(2) 13.00 12.50 12.50 12.50 12.50 12.50 12.50 Prime Lending Rate(3) 12.00-12.50 11.00-12.00 11.00-12.00 11.00-12.00 11.00-12.00 11.00-12.00 11.00-12.00 Deposit Rate(4) 8.50-10.00 8.00-9.00 8.00-9.00 8.00-9.00 8.00-9.00 8.00-9.00 8.0

(Rs. crore) 2001 - 2002 2000 - 2001 Outstanding Variations Outstanding Variations as on 2001 (3) - (2) as on 2000 (6) - (5) Item Mar. 23 Nov. 16 Mar. 24 Nov. 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Bank Credit 5,11,434 5,48,632 37,198 4,35,958 4,80,697 44,739 (7.3) (10.3) A. Food Credit 39,991 51,237 11,245 25,691 35,434 9,743 B. Non-Food Credit 4,71,443 4,97,395 25,953 4,10,267 4,45,263 34,996 (5.5) (8.5) 2. Investments 75,844 79,057@ 3,213 61,478 65,973+ 4,496 A. Commercial Paper 8,049

Foreign 2000 2001 2000 2001 Currency Nov. 24 Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per U.S. Dollar) Foreign Currency per Rs. 100@ 46.8700 47.9700 47.9700 47.9700 48.0200 48.0400 (Based on Middle Rates) FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. { Buying 46.8650 47.9650 47.9600 47.9600 48.0150 48.0300 2.1336 2.0846 2.0846 2.0846 2.0825 2.0816 Dollar

(Rs. crore) Outstanding as on Variation over Financial year so far Year-on-year 2001 Fortnight 2000-2001 2001-2002 2000 2001 Item Mar. 31# Nov. 16# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 M3 13,11,583 14,41,258 12,972 0.9 1,26,386 11.2 1,29,675 9.9 1,82,420 17.1 1,90,697 15.2 Components (i+ii+iii+iv) (i) Currency with the Public 2,09,562 2,35,137 9,532 4.2 16,794 8.9 25,575 12.2 15,693 8.3 29,261 14.2 (ii) Demand deposits with banks

(Rs. crore) Outstanding as on Variation over 2001 Week Financial year so far Year-on-year 2000-2001 2001-2002 2000 2001 Item Mar. 31# Nov. 23# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Reserve Money 3,03,311 3,09,037 -10,571 -3.3 5,607 2.0 5,726 1.9 22,367 8.5 22,875 8.0 Components (i+ii+iii) (i) Currency in circulation 2,18,205 2,41,074 -2,869 -1.2 14,469 7.3 22,870 10.5 17,553 9.0 29,543 14.0 (ii) Bankers' deposits with RBI 81,477 64

(Rs. crore) Repo/RR REPO REVERSE REPO Net injection(+) Outstanding LAF period Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut-Off Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut-Off absorption(-) of Amount @ Date (Day(s)) Number Amount Number Amount Rate(%) Number Amount Number Amount Rate(%) liquidity (11-6) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Nov. 19, 2001 1 4 6,750 4 6,750 6.50 - - - - - -6,750 6,750 Nov. 20, 2001 1 4 7,260 4 7,260 6.50 - - - - - -7,260 7,260 Nov. 21, 2001 1 4 7,235 4 7,235 6.50 - -

(Rs. crore) Date of Date of Notified Bids Received Bids Accepted Devolvement on Total Weigh- Implicit Amount Auction Issue Amount Total Face Value Total Face Value Issue ted Yield at Outstanding Number Com- Non- Number Com- Non- PDs/SDs* RBI (8+9+ Average Cut-off as on the petitive Com- petitive Com- 10+11) Price Price Date of Issue petitive petitive (per cent) (Face Value) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2001-2002 Apr. 4 Apr. 9 100 18 206 40 12 100 40 - - 140 97.

(Rs. crore) Date of Date of Notified Bids Received Bids Accepted Devolvement on Total Weigh- Implicit Amount Auction Issue Amount Number Total Face Value Number Total Face Value Issue ted Yield at Outstanding PDs/SDs* RBI (8+9+ Average Cut-off as on the Com- Non- Com- Non- 10+11) Price Price Date of Issue petitive Com- petitive Com- Petitive$ petitive$ (per cent) (Face Value) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2001-2002 Apr. 4 Apr. 9 750 54 1,683 - 26 750 - - - 750.0

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Date Ended 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 16, 2001 74,990 1,49,981 2,18,859 2,83,512 3,42,557 4,03,557 4,64,559 5,24,308 5,84,057 6,50,496 7,17,471 7,84,446 8,54,218 9,23,303 Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Nov. 30, 2001 71,065 1,42,129 2,09,407 2,72,037

(Rs. crore) Fortnight ended Total Amount Issued during Rate of Interest Outstanding # the fortnight # (per cent)@ 1 2 3 4 Jan. 12, 2001 1,180 132 7.25 - 11.00 Apr. 6, 2001 1,061 166 6.50 - 11.00 Jul. 13, 2001 782 54 5.00 - 10.50 Sep. 21, 2001 736 119 6.33 - 9.50 Oct. 5, 2001 825 52 6.00 - 9.30 Oct. 19, 2001 786 99 6.20 - 9.75 @ : Effective interest rate range per annum.

(Rs. crore) Fortnight ended Total Amount Reported during Rate of Interest Outstanding the fortnight (per cent)@ 1 2 3 4 Jan. 15, 2001 7,796 910 10.00 - 11.98 Apr. 15, 2001 6,295 1,111 9.30 - 12.00 Jul. 15, 2001 8,019 711 8.19 - 9.80 Oct. 15, 2001 8,660 1,181 7.73 - 10.25 Oct. 31, 2001 8,807 1,586 7.50 - 11.80 Nov. 15, 2001 8,913 1,689 7.48 - 9.80 @ : Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.

2000 2001 Percentage Variation over Weight Nov. 11 Sep. 15* Nov. 10# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 158.1 161.3 162.0 -0.1 -0.4 1.8 2.5 Primary Articles 22.02 162.6 168.3 168.2 -0.8 -1.9 4.1 3.4 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 174.4 182.8 203.7 - - 26.5 16.8 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 220.9 226.5 231.6 0.5 0.5 4.0 4.8 Manufactured Products 63.75 142.6 144.3 144.4 - - 0.1 1.3 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and Gu

2000 2001 Nov. 23 Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 3852.40 3280.48 3231.66 3244.09 3258.13 3252.20 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000) 1216.00 1068.15 1050.20 1056.35 1062.45 1059.00

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Oct. 12, 2001 Oct. 19, 2001 Oct. 26, 2001 Nov. 2, 2001 Nov. 9, 2001 Nov. 16, 2001 Nov. 23, 2001 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Banks (a) Borrowings 13,445 10,568 12,986 12,055 13,493 10,754 11,676 (b) Lendings 12,999 8,243 13,409 9,434 11,019 8,266 10,944 2. Primary Dealers (a) Borrowings 7,732 4,239 7,248 5,341 6,098 6,010 7,167 (b) Lendings 3,068 1,289 1,745 1,287 1,255 1,464 1,510 3. Non-Bank Institutions (a) Lendings 4,311 4,308 4,118 4,006 4,638 3,981

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Items Oct. 19, 2001 Oct. 26, 2001 Nov. 2, 2001 Nov. 9, 2001 Nov. 16, 2001 Nov. 23, 2001 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Outright Transactions (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities 35,504 44,130 58,476 55,335 29,619 70,828 (b) State Government Securities 112 303 370 401 152 323 (c) 91 - Day Treasury Bills 191 601 735 1,283 453 859 (d) 182 - Day Treasury Bills - - 9 - - - (e) 364 - Day Treasury Bills 851 2,078 1,422 3,882 569 2,354 II. RBI* - 20 0.42 - - 6 @ : Exc

(US$ Million) Merchant Inter-bank FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INR FCY / FCY Spot Forward Forward Spot Forward Forward Spot Swap Forward Spot Swap Forward Cancel- Cancel- Position Date lation lation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Purchases Oct. 29, 2001 408 54 324 20 24 32 406 954 47 384 278 8 Oct. 30, 2001 382 98 64 59 35 13 621 1343 40 440 112 2 Oct. 31, 2001 472 95 257 14 19 19 758 1998 55 361 188 3 Nov. 1, 2001 301 84 24 14 9 20 500 1755 39 400 82 1 Nov. 2, 2001 354 7

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Oct. 20, 2001 Oct. 27, 2001 Nov. 3, 2001 Nov. 10, 2001 Nov. 17, 2001 Nov. 24, 2001 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Amount 31.66 15.79 54.83 19.61 0.0007 53.03 Source : National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.

(Rs. crore) Nov. 23, 2001 Variation in Total Treasury Bills Holders Treasury Bills of Different Maturities Total Over the Over End 14 Day 91 Day 364 Day (2+3+4) Week March (Intermediate) (Auction) (Auction) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Reserve Bank of India - - 226 226 -30 -906 Banks - 2,273 15,853 18,126 659 4,726 State Governments 1,107 1,250 - 2,357 169 -1,495 Others 118 2,052 3,172 5,342 377 1,550

(Devolvement/Private Placement on RBI and OMO Sales/Purchases) (Face Value in Rs. crore) Gross Amount Raised Net Amount Raised 2001-2002 2000-2001 2000-2001 2001-2002 2000-2001 2000-2001 (Upto (Upto (Upto (Upto Nov. 23, 2001) Nov. 24, 2000) Nov. 23, 2001) Nov. 24, 2000) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Total 95,000 83,183 1,00,183 72,048 60,026 71,787 of which : 1.1 Devolvement/Private Placement on RBI 25,679 30,151 31,151 2. RBI's OMO Sales 27,385 21,749 23,574 Purchases 5,084 4,356

(Amount in Rs. crore) For the Week Ended Nov. 16, 2001 For the Week Ended Nov. 23, 2001 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 2001-02 - - - 5 - - 2002-03 $ 252 6.8176 6.8521 634 6.6183 7.3489 2003-04 288 6.9297 6.9663 503 6.8116 6.9407 2004-05 61 7.0064 7.2541 161 7.0548 7.1397 2005-06 40 7.0735 7.1442 169 7.0118 7.0