(Rs. crore) Item 2005 2006 Variation Nov. 25 Nov. 17 Nov. 24 # Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes issued 3,93,139 4,62,606 4,60,598 –2,008 67,459 Notes in circulation 3,93,124 4,62,593 4,60,556 –2,037 67,432 Notes held in Banking Department 15 13 42 29 27 Deposits           Central Government 13,402 18,213 11,405 –6,808 –1,997 Market Stabilisation Scheme 64,332 36,983 37,917 934 –26,415 State Governments 41 41 41 — — Scheduled Commercial Banks 1,09,6

Item As on Nov. 24, 2006 Variation over Week End-March 2006 End-December 2005 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 7,75,368 1,72,782 8,596 2,427 98,981 21,160 1,56,985 35,576 1,24,801 30,605 (a) Foreign Currency Assets 7,45,118 1,66,061 8,590 2,424* 97,791 20,953 1,54,621 35,043 1,22,514 30,062 (b) Gold 27,320 6,068 — — 1,646 313 3,550 794 5,377 1,204 (c) SDRs 4 1 — — –8 –

(Rs. crore) Item Outstanding as on 2006 Nov. 10# Variation over Fortnight Financial year so far Year-on-year   2005-2006 2006-2007 2005 2006 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liabilities to the Banking System             Demand and time deposits from Banks 33,805 –6,558 –3,647 –3,272 5,074 –6,055 Borrowings from Banks(1) 30,454 –4,489 269 1,257 6,088 –2,979 Other demand and time liabilities(2) 8,913 323 1,850 23 3,244 2,882 Liabilities to Others  

(per cent per annum) Item / week ended 2005 2006 Nov. 18 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)(1) 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 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) 10.25-10.75 11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50 Deposit Rate(4) 5.25-6.25 6.75/8.00 6.75/8.00 6.75/8.00 6.75/8.00 6.75/8.00 6.75/

(Rs. crore) Item 2006 - 2007 Variation (3) - (2) 2005 - 2006 Outstanding as on 2006 Outstanding as on 2005 Variation (6) - (5) Mar. 31 Nov. 10   Apr. 1 Nov. 11   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Bank Credit 15,07,077 16,71,093 1,64,015 11,52,210 13,01,921 1,49,711           (10.9)     (13.0)   A. Food Credit 40,691 37,657 –3,033 40,016 41,233 1,217   B. Non-Food Credit 14,66,386 16,33,435 1,67,049 11,12,194 12,60,688 1,48,494 &nb

Foreign Currency 2006 Annual appreciation (+) / depreciation (-) (per cent) Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. Dollar   44.8600 44.9900 44.7500 44.7000 44.8700 — 1.76 2.46 2.33 1.89 Euro   57.5900 57.6300 57.5500 57.8200 58.1500 — –6.44 –6.55 –6.35 –7.15 FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S.   {Buying 44.9250 44.9

(Rs. crore) Item Outstanding as on Variation over 2006     Financial year so far Year-on-year Fortnight 2005-2006 2006-2007 2005 2006     Mar. 31# Nov. 10# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 M3   27,29,535 29,65,786 13,817 0.5 1,66,010 7.1 2,36,250 8.7 3,67,492 17.2 4,67,109 18.7                             Components (i+ii+iii+

(Rs. crore) Item Outstanding as on Variation over 2006 Week Financial year so far Year-on-year     2005-2006 2006-2007 2005   2006   Mar. 31# Nov. 24# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Reserve Money 5,73,066 6,15,128 –2,310 –0.4 34,479 7.0 42,063 7.3 67,959 14.9 91,514 17.5 Components (i+ii+iii)                         (i) Currency in circula

(Rs. crore) LAF Date Repo period (Day(s)) REPO (INJECTION) REVERSE REPO (ABSORPTION) Net injection(+)/ absorption(-) of liquidity (6-11) Outstanding Amount @ Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut-Off Rate(%) Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut-Off Rate(%) Number Amount Number Amount Number Amount Number Amount 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Nov.20, 2006 1 — — — — — — — — — — —     $ 1 — — — — — 9 9,745 9 9,745 6.00 –9,745 9,745 Nov.21, 2006 1 — — — — — 1 25 1 25 6.0

(Rs. crore) Date of Auction Date of Issue Notified Amount Bids Received Bids Accepted Devol- vement on RBI Total Issue (8+9+10) Weigh- ted Average Price Implicit Yield at Cut-off Price (per cent) Amount Outstanding as on the Date of Issue Face Value) Number Total Face Value   Total Face Value Com- petitive Non- Com- petitive Number Com- petitive Non- Com- petitive 1   2   3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 91-Day Treasury Bills 2006-2007      

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Nov. 10,2006 Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 Nov. 2 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 1,22,804 2,45,609 3,78,014 5,09,436 6,42,105 7,74,626 9,06,309 10,38,607 11,70,799 12,94,298 14,16,152 15,32,525 16,50,734 17,66,512 Nov. 24, 2006 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 1,15,396 2,30,792 3,53,386 4

(Rs. crore) Fortnight ended Total Amount Outstanding # Issued during the fortnight # Rate of Interest (per cent)@ 1 2 3 4 Oct. 14, 2005 27,626 2,078 4.66 — 7.75 Jan. 6, 2006 34,432 2,556 4.40 — 7.75 Apr. 14, 2006 38,568 2,005 6.00 — 8.90 Jul. 7, 2006 57,256 4,647 6.00 — 8.70 Oct. 13, 2006 64,482 2,513 4.75 — 8.50 Oct. 27, 2006 65,764 1,494 6.00 — 8.50 @ : 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 Jan. 15, 2006 17,415 844 6.50 — 7.75 Apr. 15, 2006 12,968 1,423 6.77 — 8.95 Jul. 15, 2006 21,237 3,389 6.25 — 8.30 Oct. 15, 2006 23,361 1,733 7.20 — 8.65 Oct. 31, 2006 23,031 1,640 7.00 — 8.75 Nov. 15, 2006 23,270 2,361 7.25 — 9.25 @ : Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.  

Items / Week ended Weight 2005 2006 Percentage Variation over Nov. 12 Sep. 16* Nov. 11# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 198.4 207.7 208.9 — 0.3 5.9 5.3 Primary Articles 22.02 200.5 211.8 214.5 0.1 1.0 11.0 7.0   (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 247.0 249.4 253.8 0.7 0.3 28.7 2.8 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 312.4 329.6 329.4 — — 4.1 5.4 Manufactured Products 63.75 172.2 179.1 180.1 0.1 0.2 4.8 4.6   (i) Sugar, Khan

15. BSE Sensitive Index and NSE Nifty Index of Ordinary Share Prices - Mumbai   2005 2006 Nov. 24 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 8744.04 13430.71 13616.77 13706.53 13680.83 13703.33 S & P CNX NIFTY 3.11.1995=1000) 2635.00 3856.15 3918.25 3954.75 3945.45 3950.85 + : Market closed.  

(Rs. crore)   Week Ended Oct. 13, 2006 Oct. 20, 2006 Oct. 27, 2006 Nov. 3, 2006 Nov. 10, 2006 Nov. 17, 2006 Nov. 24, 2006 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Banks   (a) Borrowings 10,383 11,964 11,694 15,254 9,890 9,612 7,982   (b) Lendings 12,599 13,585 13,649 16,673 11,800 11,760 9,744 2. Primary Dealers   (a) Borrowings 2,299 1,988 2,253 1,761 2,164 2,331 2,026   (b) Lendings 84 366 297 342 254 183 264 3. Total   (a) Borrowings 12,682 13,952 13,946 17

(Rs. crore) Items Week Ended Oct. 20, 2006 Oct. 27, 2006 Nov. 3, 2006 Nov. 10, 2006 Nov. 17, 2006 Nov. 24, 2006 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I.Outright Transactions (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities 30,279 15,667 41,935 66,743 69,644 79,345 (b) State Government Securities 436 77 204 278 370 506 (c) 91 – Day Treasury Bills 1,358 412 1,438 173 1,696 1,549 (d) 182 – Day Treasury Bills 950 450 2,002 2,164 2,510 1,535 (e) 364 – Day Treasury Bills 2,284 579 862 4,268 2,555 5,800 II. RBI

(US$ Million) Position Date Merchant Inter-bank 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 Nov. 6, 2006 1,364 470 193 255 443 561 2,152 3,352 138 2,367 1,175 38 Nov. 7, 2006 1,005 746 318 590 302 225 2,985 3,711 189 4,133 901 28 Nov. 8, 2006 1,127 682 266 419 420 715 2,225 3,302 164 2,510 1,265 26 Nov. 9, 2006 1,656 795 174 5

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Oct. 20, 2006 Oct. 27, 2006 Nov. 3, 2006 Nov. 10, 2006 Nov. 17, 2006 Nov. 24, 2006 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Amount 120.22 20.41 44.46 297.69 — 52.27 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) Holders November 24, 2006 Variation in Total Treasury Bills Treasury Bills of Different Maturities Total (2+3+4+5) Over the Week Over End March 14 Day (Intermediate) 91 Day (Auction) 182 Day (Auction) 364 Day (Auction) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Reserve Bank of India — — — — — — — Banks — 13,887 12,390 29,868 56,145 443 5,428 State Governments 40,564 13,035 4,533 5,800 63,932 666 12,066 Others 175 3,592 3,085 9,599 16,451 546 8,809

(Face Value in Rs. crore)   Gross Amount Raised Net Amount Raised 2006-2007 Upto Nov. 24, 2006) 2005-2006 (Upto Nov. 25, 2005) 2005-2006 2006-2007 (Upto Nov. 24, 2006) 2005-2006 (Upto Nov. 25, 2005) 2005-2006 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Total 1,07,000 1,03,000 * 1,37,000 * 69,986 64,370 95,370   of which :               1.1Devolvement/Private               Placement on RBI — — 10,000     &n

(Amount in Rs. crore) Item For the Week Ended Nov. 17, 2006 For the Week Ended Nov. 24, 2006 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     2006-07 —   —   — —   — —     2007-08 50 7.1007 7.1400 80 7.0249 7.1280     2008-09 900 7.1500 7.7596