(Rs. crore) Item   2006 2007 Variation     Feb. 24 Feb. 16 Feb. 23# Week Year 1   2 3 4 5 6 Notes issued 4,14,864 4,90,867 4,90,072 –796 75,208 Notes in circulation 4,14,851 4,90,848 4,90,051 –797 75,200 Notes held in Banking Department 12 19 20 1 8 Deposits             Central Government   17,113 33,726 33,215 –511 16,102 Market Stabilisation Scheme   31,958 40,417 42,807 2,391 10,849 State Governments  

(Rs. crore    Variation over Item As on Feb. 23, 2007WeekEnd-March 2006End-December 2006Year  Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn. 1234567891011 Total Reserves8,55,0801,93,12422,1174,2121,78,69341,50271,09815,8732,25,93451,534 (a) Foreign Currency Assets8,24,1741,86,12822,1134,213 *1,76,84741,02071,43615,9412,23,41250,973 (b) Gold28,8406,529——3,16677416123,810849 (c) SDRs82——–4–141–4–1 (d) Reserve Positio

(Rs. crore)  OutstandingVariation over Itemas on Financial year so farYear-on-year  2007Fortnight      Feb. 16 # 2005-20062006-200720062007 1234567 Liabilities to the Banking System       Demand and time deposits from Banks35,570–291–13,942–1,507–6,1016,006 Borrowings from Banks(1)33,469–230–8,3064,272–2,4278,610 Other demand and time liabilities(2)9,4252113,8365354,2311,409 Liabilities to Othe

(per cent per annum)   2006 2007 Item / week ended                 Feb. 17 Jan. 12 Jan. 19 Jan. 26 Feb. 2 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)(1) 5.00 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50 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 11.50-12.00 11.50-12.00 11.50-12.00 11.50-12.00 11.50-12.00 11.50-12.50 Deposit Rate(4) 5

(Rs. crore)         2006 - 2007 2005 - 2006 Item       Outstanding as on Variation Outstanding as on Variation         2006 2007 (3) - (2) 2005 2006 (6) - (5)         Mar. 31 Feb. 16   Apr. 1 Feb. 17   1       2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Bank Credit   15,07,077 18,13,325 3,06,248 11,52,210 13,99,305 2,47,095             (20.3)     (21.4)

Foreign Currency   2007 Annual appreciation (+) / depreciation (-) (per cent)     Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 21 Feb. 22 Feb. 23 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 21 Feb. 22 Feb. 23 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11   RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. Dollar 44.0700 44.2000 44.1900 44.2500 44.2800 — 0.52 0.48 0.59 0.63 Euro   57.9700 58.2200 58.0700 58.1000 58.1000 — –8.67 –8.82 –8.66 –8.66   FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency)

(Rs. crore)     Outstanding as on Variation over             Financial year so far Year-on-year Item 2006 2007 Fortnight                             2005-2006 2006-2007 2006 2007     Mar. 31# Feb. 16# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13     27,29,535 31,42,000 32,062 1.0 2,47,282 10.6 4,12,465 15.1 3,6

(Rs. crore) Item         Outstanding as on Variation over 2006 2007 Week Financial year so far Year-on year 2005-2006 2006-2007 2006 2007 Mar. 31# Feb. 23# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Reserve Money 5,73,066 6,69,883 526 0.1 63,095 12.9 96,818 16.9 85,572 18.3 1,17,653 21.3 Components (i+ii+iii)                         (i) Currency in ci

(Rs. crore)   RepoREPO (INJECTION) REVERSE REPO (ABSORPTION)Net injection(+)/  LAF periodBids ReceivedBids AcceptedCut-OffBids ReceivedBids AcceptedCut-Offabsorption(-) ofOutstanding Date (Day(s))NumberAmountNumberAmountRate(%)NumberAmountNumberAmountRate(%)liquidity (6-11)Amount @ 1 23456789 1011121314 Feb.19, 20071144,435144,4357.50230 2306.004,405   $1114,360114,3607.50355 3556.004,305–8,710 Feb.20, 2007171,530

(Rs. crore) Date ofDate ofNotifiedBids Received Bids AcceptedDevol-TotalWeigh-ImplicitAmount AuctionIssueAmount Total Face Value Total Face ValuevementIssuetedYield atOutstanding      NumberCom- petitive Non- Com- petitive NumberCom- petitive Non- Com- petitive on RBI (8+9+10) Average PriceCut-off Price (per cent)as on the Date of Issue (Face Value) 1 2 34567891011121314 91-Day Treasury Bills 2006-2007 Jul.5Jul.72,000563,51

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Feb. 16, Feb. 3 Feb. 4 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Feb. 7 Feb. 8 Feb. 9 Feb. 10 Feb. 11 Feb. 12 Feb. 13 Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb. 16 2007 1,45,176 2,90,352 4,41,220 5,90,631 7,42,724 8,85,601 10,29,862 11,73,099 13,16,125 14,48,755 15,87,080 17,32,495 18,87,146 20,42,487 Mar. 2, Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 21 Feb. 22 Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 Mar. 2 2007 1,53,458 3,06,917 4,64,988

(Rs. crore) Fortnight endedTotal Amount Outstanding #Issued during the fortnight #Rate of Interest (per cent)@ 1 234 Jan.6, 200634,4322,5564.40 — 7.75 Apr.14, 200638,5682,0056.00 — 8.90 Jul.7, 200657,2564,6476.00 — 8.70 Oct.13, 200664,4822,5134.75 — 8.50 Jan.5, 200768,9282,4498.26 — 9.25 Jan.19, 200770,1491,8308.00 — 9.55 @: 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 21,652 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 Jan. 31, 2007 24,378 2,235 8.25 — 10.50 @: Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.

      2006 2007 Percentage Variation over Items / Week ended Weight Feb. 11 Dec. 16* Feb. 10# Week Month End March Year 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 196.2 208.4 209.2 — 0.4 6.1 6.6 Primary Articles 22.02 193.5 212.7 215.8 –0.1 1.2 11.6 11.5 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 197.6 232.0 231.4 –0.4 1.9 17.3 17.1   Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 313.6 322.9 320.8 — –0.5 1.4 2.3   Manufactured Products 63.75 171.0 181.4 18

  2006 2007   Feb. 23 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 21 Feb. 22 Feb. 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 10244.05 14402.90 14253.38 14188.49 14021.31 13632.53 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000) 3062.10 4164.55 4106.95 4096.20 4040.00 3938.95  

(Rs. crore) Week Ended       Jan. 12, 2007 Jan. 19, 2007 Jan. 26, 2007 Feb. 2, 2007 Feb. 9, 2007 Feb. 16, 2007 Feb. 23, 2007 1     2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Banks                 (a) Borrowings 9,747 8,794 9,706 10,206 10,219 10,058 10,248   (b) Lendings 11,371 10,083 11,030 11,756 11,655 11,924 11,767 2. Primary Dealers                 (a) Borrowings 1,797 1,440 1,415

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Items Jan. 19, 2007 Jan. 26, 2007 Feb. 2, 2007 Feb. 9, 2007 Feb. 16, 2007 Feb. 23, 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Outright Transactions               (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities 37,638 20,948 19,363 28,699 25,930 39,368   (b) State Government Securities 58 294 79 581 489 213   (c) 91 – Day Treasury Bills 1,939 646 530 1,320 630 2,519   (d) 182 – Day Treasury Bills 1,012 716 1,150 1,320 134 251 &nb

(US $ Million) Position DateMerchantInter-bank FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INRFCY / FCY SpotForwardForward Cancel- lationSpotForwardForward Cancel- lationSpotSwapForwardSpotSwapForward 1 2345678910111213 Purchases Feb.5, 20071,7634791284395446303,0042,7844744,0151,30666 Feb.6, 20071,9086033123724596963,1952,6281763,0781,15029 Feb.7, 20071,3885052513803583853,5173,2732542,7081,04876 Feb.8, 20071,333405824393268142,2772,8031263,1471,820326 Feb.9, 20071,3861,117298400

(Rs. crore)   Week Ended   Jan. 19, 2007 Jan. 25, 2007 Feb. 2, 2007 Feb. 9, 2007 Feb. 15, 2007 Feb. 23, 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Amount 364.65 163.12 145.14 180.31 153.98 225.90 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)  February 23, 2007 Variation in Total Treasury Bills HoldersTreasury Bills of Different Maturities     14 Day91 Day182 Day364 DayTotalOver theOver End  (Intermediate)(Auction)(Auction)(Auction)(2+3+4+5)WeekMarch 12345678 Reserve Bank of India——————— Banks—12,8108,92729,00550,7424,68426 State Governments49,05412,7934,1936,13072,1713,37820,304 Others1095,7936,49314,62327,018–62319,376

(Face Value in Rs. crore)   Gross Amount Raised Net Amount Raised   2006-2007(Upto Feb. 23, 2007) 2005-2006(Upto Feb. 24, 2006) 2005-2006 2006-2007(Upto Feb. 23, 2007) 2005-2006(Upto Feb. 24, 2006) 2005-2006 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Total of which : 1,39,000 1,27,000 * 1,37,000 * 1,01,986 88,370 95,370 1.1 Devolvement/Private Placement on RBI — — 10,000       2. RBI's OMO Sales 4,444 3,928 4,653       Purchases 715 210 740    

(Amount in Rs. crore)    For the Week Ended Feb. 16, 2007 For the Week Ended Feb. 23, 2007 Item AmountYTM (%PA) Indicative**AmountYTM (%PA) Indicative**     MinimumMaximum MinimumMaximum 1  23 4 56 7  I.Outright Transactions           1.Govt. of India Dated Securities             Maturi