(Rs. crore) Item   2006   2007 Variation       Mar. 17 Mar. 9 Mar. 16# Week Year 1   2 3 4 5 6 Notes issued   4,25,252 4,98,632 4,99,844 1,212 74,592 Notes in circulation   4,25,242 4,98,613 4,99,829 1,216 74,587 Notes held in Banking Department 10 19 16 –4 6 Deposits             Central Government   29,324 16,576 38,228 21,652 8,904 Market Stabilisation Scheme   29,089 49,728 53,580 3,851

(Rs. crore)       Variation over Item As on Mar. 16, 2007 Week End-March 2006 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 8,65,640 1,95,957 4,960 1,547 1,89,253 44,335 81,658 18,706 2,16,387 49,798 (a) Foreign Currency Assets 8,33,059 1,88,603 4,951 1,545 * 1,85,732 43,495 80,321 18,416 2,12,719 48,950 (b) Gold 30,499 6,883 — — 4,825 1,128 1

(Rs. crore)   Outstanding as on Variation over Item     Financial year so far Year-on-year   2007 Fortnight           Mar. 2 #   2005-2006 2006-2007 2006 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liabilities to the Banking System             Demand and time deposits from Banks 36,081 511 –11,516 –997 –4,396 4,089 Borrowings from Banks(1) 30,075 –3,394 –5,759 878 3,500 2,670 Other demand and time liabilities(2) 9

(per cent per annum) Item / week ended 2006 2007   Mar. 10 Feb. 2 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 Feb. 23 Mar. 2 Mar. 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)(1) 5.00 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.75 5.75 6.00 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 11.50-12.00 11.50-12.00 11.50-12.50 12.25-12.50 12.25-12.50 12.25-12.50 Deposit Rate(4) 6.00-6.50 7.50-8.50 7.50-8.50 7.50-9.00 7.50-9.00 7.50-9.00

(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 Mar. 2   Apr. 1 Mar. 3   1       2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Bank Credit   15,07,077 18,46,403 3,39,326 11,52,210 14,22,360 2,70,150             (22.5)     (23.4) &n

Foreign Currency 2007 Annual appreciation (+) / depreciation (-) (per cent)     Mar. 12 Mar. 13 Mar. 14 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 Mar. 12 Mar. 13 Mar. 14 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11   RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. Dollar 44.2200 44.2200 44.3100 44.2200 44.1700 — 0.70 0.36 — 0.54 Euro   58.0300 58.2400 58.4700 58.4700 58.6700 — –8.72 –9.00 — –8.79   FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. Buying 44

(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# Mar. 2# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 M3   27,29,535 31,87,776 45,776 1.5 2,77,448 11.9 4,58,241 16.8 3

(Rs. crore)     Outstanding as on Variation over             Financial year so far Year-on-year Item 2006 2007 Week                               2005-2006 2006-2007 2006 2007     Mar. 31# Mar. 16# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Reserve Money 5,73,066 6,89,080 –353 –0.1 66,687 13.6 1,16,014 20.2 86,580

(Rs. crore)   Repo REPO (INJECTION) REVERSE REPO (ABSORPTION) Net injection(+)/   LAF period Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut-Off Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut-Off absorption(-) of Outstanding 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 Mar. 12, 2007 1 — — — — — 21 19,170 21 1,999 6.00 –1,999     $ 1 — — — — — 17 13,650 17 1,001 6.00 –1,001

(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 Outstanding     Number Com- Non- Number Com- Non- on   Average Cut-off as on the             petitive Com-   petitive Com- RBI (8+9+10) Price Price Date of Issue               petitive  

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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 6,33,018 7,96,625 9,55,327 11,11,512 12,69,551 14,26,939 15,72,833 17,14,226 18,59,705 20,03,473 21,57,794 Mar. 16, Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 Mar. 6 Mar. 7 Mar. 8 Mar. 9 Mar. 10 Mar. 11 Mar. 12 Mar. 13 Mar. 14 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 2007 1,56,310 3,12,620 4,87,283

(Rs. crore) Fortnight ended Total Amount Outstanding # Issued during the fortnight # Rate of Interest (per cent)@ 1   2 3 4 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 Jan. 5, 2007 68,928 2,449 8.26— 9.25 Feb. 2, 2007 70,727 1,672 8.41— 9.80 Feb. 16, 2007 72,795 5,516 9.40—10.83 @: 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 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 Feb 15, 2007 23,999 1,522 8.00 —11.25 @: Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.

          2006 2007 Percentage Variation over Items / Week ended   Weight Mar. 4 Jan. 6* Mar. 3# Week Month End Year                     March   1       2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES   100.00 196.5 208.7 209.2 0.2 — 6.1 6.5 Primary Articles   22.02 191.3 213.4 214.2 0.1 –0.9 10.8 12.0   (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 188.7 228.8 224.7 1.9 –3.3 13.9 19.1

    2006 2007     Mar. 16 Mar. 12 Mar. 13 Mar. 14 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 10878.74 12902.63 12982.98 12529.62 12543.85 12430.40 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000) 3226.60 3734.60 3770.55 3641.10 3643.60 3608.55 + : Market closed.

(Rs. crore)       Week Ended       Feb. 2, 2007 Feb. 9, 2007 Feb. 16, 2007 Feb. 23, 2007 Mar. 2, 2007 Mar. 9, 2007 Mar. 16,2007 1     2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Banks                 (a) Borrowings 10,206 10,219 10,058 10,248 7,914 9,812 9,767   (b) Lendings 11,756 11,655 11,924 11,767 9,646 11,188 11,495 2. Primary Dealers                 (a) Borrowings

(Rs. crore)       Week Ended Items                     Feb. 9, 2007 Feb. 16, 2007 Feb. 23, 2007 Mar. 2, 2007 Mar. 9, 2007 Mar. 16, 2007 1     2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Outright Transactions               (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities 28,699 25,930 39,368 26,920 21,516 25,255   (b) State Government Securities 581 489 213 1,455 778 914   (c) 91 – Day Treasu

(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                         Feb. 26, 2007 1,115 309 534 444 234 588 2,180 2,561 375 2,671 2,127 54 Feb. 27, 2007 815 607 396 528 325 530 1,636 2,361 16

(Rs. crore)         Week Ended         Feb. 9, 2007 Feb. 15, 2007 Feb. 23, 2007 Mar. 2, 2007 Mar. 9, 2007 Mar. 16, 2007 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 Amount 180.31 153.98 225.90 277.38 328.50 97.31 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)   March 16, 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 — 12,694 9,173 30,308 52,175 1,416 1,458 State Governments 51,441 19,150 3,693 6,380 80,664 9,648 28,798 Others 136 6,850 6,247 15,324 28,558 54

 (Face Value in Rs. crore)   Gross Amount Raised Net Amount Raised   2006-2007 2005-2006 2005-2006 2006-2007 2005-2006 2005-2006   (Upto (Upto   (Upto (Upto     Mar. 16, 2007) Mar. 17, 2006)   Mar. 16, 2007) Mar. 17, 2006)   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Total 1,46,000 1,37,000 * 1,37,000 * 1,07,986 98,370 95,370 of which :             1.1 Devolvement/Private           Placement on

(Amount in Rs. crore)       For the Week Ended Mar. 9, 2007 For the Week Ended Mar. 16, 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