(Rs. crore) Item 2007 2008 Variation Mar. 23 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 # Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes Issued 4,98,474 5,81,643 5,84,480 2,837 86,006 Notes in Circulation 4,98,463 5,81,622 5,84,465 2,844 86,002 Notes held in Banking Department 11 21 15 –6 4 Deposits Central Government 57,106 46,241 82,227 35,986 25,121 Market Stabilisation Scheme 54,704 1,71,250 1,69,319 –1,930 1,14,615 State Governments 41 41 674 632 633 Scheduled Commercial Banks 1,77,725 2,53,293 2,80,202 26,9

Variation over Item As on Mar. 21, 2008 Week End-March2007 End-December2007 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 12,31,832 304,657 –7,402 –1,831 3,63,610 105,478 1,46,812 29,341 3,67,259 106,911 (a) Foreign Currency Assets 11,91,856 294,649 –7,468 –1,847* 3,55,259 102,725 1,41,371 28,096 3,59,841 104,257 (b) Gold 38,154 9,558 — — 8,581 2,774 5,335 1,230 7,655 2,675 (c) SDR

(Rs. crore) Outstanding Variation over Item as on 2008 Fortnight Financial year so far Year-on-year Mar. 14# 2006-2007 2007-2008 2007 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liabilities to the Banking System Demand and Time Deposits from Banks 39,581 69 –1,821 –1,191 1,998 4,324 Borrowings from Banks(1) 32,198 5,756 7,060 –3,201 5,422 –4,059 Other Demand and Time Liabilities(2) 18,793 1,799 931 6,507 1,594 8,971 Liabilities to Others Aggregate Deposits 30,75,224 –5,635 3,91,195 4,66,915 4

(per cent per annum) Item / Week Ended 2007 2008 Mar. 16 Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Feb. 22 Feb. 29 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)(1) 6.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 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) 12.25-12.50 12.75-13.25 12.75-13.25 12.50-13.25 12.25-13.00 12.25-12.75 12.25-12.75 Deposit Rate(4) 7.50-9.00 8.25-9.00 8.25-9.00 8.25-9.00 8.25-9.00 8.25-9.00 8.25

(Rs. crore) 2007 - 2008 2006 - 2007 Item Outstanding as on Variation Outstanding as on Variation 2007 2008 (3) - (2) 2006 2007 (6) - (5) Mar. 30 Mar. 14 Mar. 31 Mar. 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Bank Credit 19,28,913 22,72,603 3,43,690 15,07,077 18,66,453 3,59,376 (17.8) (23.8) A. Food Credit 46,521 43,505 –3,015 40,691 45,838 5,147 B. Non-Food Credit 18,82,392 22,29,098 3,46,705 14,66,386 18,20,615 3,54,229 (18.4) (24.2) 2. Investments 83,394 93,293 9,899 79,464 79,603 139 A.

Foreign Currency 2008 Annual Appreciation (+) / Depreciation (-) (per cent) Mar. 17 Mar. 18 Mar. 19 Mar. 20+ Mar. 21+ Mar. 17 Mar. 18 Mar. 19 Mar. 20+ Mar. 21+ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. Dollar 40.7700 40.6200 40.4500 — — — Euro 64.4800 64.0900 63.4800 — — — FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. { Buying 40.7600 40.6100 40.4200 — — — Dollar Selling 40.7700 40.6200 40.4300 — — — Pound { Buying 82.1325 8

(Rs. crore) Outstanding as on Variation over Item 2007 2008 Fortnight Financial year so far Year-on-year 2006-2007 2007-2008 2007 2008 Mar. 31# Mar. 14# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 M3 33,10,278 38,76,926 11,284 0.3 4,75,360 17.4 5,66,648 17.1 5,77,625 22.0 6,72,020 21.0 Components (i+ii+iii+iv) (i) Currency with the Public 4,83,471 5,69,864 15,983 2.9 77,839 18.8 86,393 17.9 71,165 17.0 78,905 16.1 (ii) Demand Deposits wi

(Rs. crore) Outstanding as on Variation over Item 2007 2008 Week Financial year so far Year-on-year 2006-2007 2007-2008 2007 2008 Mar. 31# Mar. 21# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Reserve Money 7,09,016 8,93,997 30,256 3.5 1,26,488 22.1 1,84,981 26.1 1,36,252 24.2 1,94,454 27.8 Components (i+ii+iii) (i) Currency in Circulation 5,04,225 5,93,316 2,844 0.5 75,935 17.6 89,091 17.7 74,805 17.3 86,705 17.1 (ii) Bankers' Deposits w

(Rs. crore) REPO (INJECTION) REVERSE REPO (ABSORPTION) Net Injection (+)/ LAF Repo period Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut- Off Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut- Off Absorp tion(-) 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.17, 2008 1 17 32,400 17 32,400 7.75 2 255 2 255 6.00 32,145 Mar. 17, 2008 * 7 8 4,200 8 4,200 7.75 — — — — — 4,200 –36,345 Mar.

(Rs. crore) Date ofAuction Date of Issue NotifiedAmount Bids Received Bids Accepted Devol-vementon RBI TotalIssue(8+9+10) Weigh- tedAveragePrice ImplicitYield atCut-off Price(per cent) AmountOutstandingas on the Dateof Issue (Face Value) Number Total FaceValue Number Total FaceValue Competitive Non-Competitive Competitive Non-Competitive 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 91-Day Treasury Bills 2007-2008 Jul. 4 Jul. 6 500 106 6,246 7,100 22 500 7,100 — 7,600 98.50 6.1908

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Mar. 14, Mar. 1 Mar. 2 Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 Mar. 6 Mar. 7 Mar. 8 Mar. 9 Mar. 10 Mar. 11 Mar. 12 Mar. 13 Mar. 14 2008 2,56,453 5,12,906 7,76,264 10,41,060 13,07,429 15,74,001 18,39,263 21,02,049 23,64,834 25,91,668 28,14,234 30,52,892 32,79,832 35,29,974 Mar. 28, Mar. 15 Mar. 16 Mar. 17 Mar. 18 Mar. 19 Mar. 20 Mar. 21 Mar. 22 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 26 Mar. 27 Mar. 28 2008 2,52,774 5,05,548 7,90,

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Total Amount Outstanding # Issued During the Fortnight # Rate of Interest (per cent)@ 1 2 3 4 Apr. 13, 2007 93,807 2,539 9.50 — 11.50 Jul. 6, 2007 1,02,992 4,186 6.25 — 9.69 Oct. 12, 2007 1,22,142 9,398 6.87 — 10.00 Jan. 4, 2008 1,27,154 9,453 6.87 — 9.82 Feb. 1, 2008 1,32,395 6,729 7.90 — 9.85 Feb. 15, 2008 1,35,097 7,144 6.83 — 9.75 @ : 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, 2007 19,013 1,952 10.00 — 14.00 Jul. 15, 2007 28,129 4,200 4.00 — 11.50 Oct. 15, 2007 38,495 6,977 7.00 — 13.00 Jan. 15, 2008 42,392 5,589 7.35 — 12.50 Jan. 31, 2008 50,062 10,330 7.55 — 16.00 Feb. 15, 2008 43,970 3,036 6.95 — 11.00 @ : Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.

Items / Week Ended Weight 2007 2008 Percentage Variation over Mar. 10 Jan. 12* Mar. 8 # Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 209.4 217.8 221.8 0.8 1.7 5.4 5.9 Primary Articles 22.02 213.9 223.3 229.8 0.3 2.1 6.4 7.4 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 221.8 216.9 228.3 0.5 2.8 3.0 2.9 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 319.5 334.2 337.5 0.1 1.0 5.4 5.6 Manufactured Products 63.75 183.3 189.9 193.2 1.3 1.7 5.0 5.4 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and

2007 2008 Mar. 19 Mar. 17 Mar. 18 Mar. 19 Mar. 20 + Mar. 21 + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 12644.99 14809.49 14833.46 14994.83 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000)</FONT> 3678.90 4503.10 4533.00 4573.95 + : Market closed.

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Feb. 8, 2008 Feb. 15, 2008 Feb. 22, 2008 Feb. 29, 2008 Mar. 7, 2008 Mar. 14, 2008 Mar. 21, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Banks (a) Borrowings 12,538 8,699 9,762 9,874 9,099 7,887 12,199 (b) Lendings 13,800 10,012 10,876 10,589 10,095 9,280 12,899 2. Primary Dealers (a) Borrowings 1,321 1,333 1,135 728 1,011 1,394 700 (b) Lendings 59 20 21 12 15 — — 3. Total (a) Borrowings 13,859 10,032 10,898 10,601 10,110 9,281 12,899 (b) Lendings 13,859 10,032 10,89

(Rs. crore) Items Week Ended Feb. 15, 2008 Feb. 22, 2008 Feb. 29, 2008 Mar. 7, 2008 Mar. 14, 2008 Mar. 21, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Outright Transactions (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities 1,10,789 73,039 70,870 56,095 50,021 18,076 (b) State Government Securities 303 1,724 1,174 162 718 170 (c) 91 – Day Treasury Bills 729 453 447 670 728 130 (d) 182 – Day Treasury Bills 1,160 604 298 274 284 382 (e) 364 – Day Treasury Bills 3,299 2,831 1,359 1,829 3,251 987 II. RBI* 11

(US $ Million) Merchant Inter-bank Position Date FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INR FCY / FCY Spot Forward ForwardCancellation Spot Forward ForwardCancellation Spot Swap Forward Spot Swap Forward 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Purchases Mar. 3, 2008 2,483 2,295 585 1,002 1,157 886 6,548 8,485 602 6,097 2,120 206 Mar. 4, 2008 2,916 919 563 554 1,170 826 4,358 7,867 700 4,092 2,040 114 Mar. 5, 2008 1,713 897 380 482 1,071 871 3,981 7,193 540 4,505 2,454 202 Mar. 6, 2008 51 8

(Rs. crore) Week Ended Feb. 15, 2008 Feb. 22, 2008 Feb. 29, 2008 Mar. 7, 2008 Mar. 14, 2008 Mar. 19, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Amount 27.93 72.99 89.53 26.65 55.55 164.75 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 21, 2008 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 — 7,867 6,441 29,492 43,800 –779 –8,322 State Governments 68,942 17,035 1,480 4,531 91,988 –4,007 18,585 Others 534 7,764 7,164 25,733 41,195 –2,297 10,921

(Devolvement/Private Placement on RBI and OMO Sales/Purchases) (Face Value in Rs. crore) Gross Amount Raised Net Amount Raised 2007-2008 2006-2007 2006-2007 2007-2008 2006-2007 2006-2007 (Upto Mar. 21, 2008) (Upto Mar. 23, 2007) (Upto Mar. 21, 2008) (Upto Mar. 23, 2007) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Total 1,56,000 1,46,000 1,46,000 1,11,196 1,07,986 1,06,921 of which : 1.1 Devolvement/Private Placement on RBI — — — 2. RBI's OMO Sales 6,897 5,621 5,845 Purchases 13,510 720 720

(Amount in Rs. crore) For the Week Ended Mar. 14, 2008 For the Week Ended Mar. 21, 2008 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 — — — — — — 2008-09 80 7.3110 8.1523 132 8.2000 8.2500 2009-10 4,159 7.4038 7.5868 994 7.4655 7.5339 2010-11 250 7.5563 7.6007 204 7.4777 7.5247 2011-12 85 7.5219 8.5547 615 7.5083 8.5