(Rs. crore) Item 2006 2007 Variation   Mar. 24 Mar. 16 Mar. 23# Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes issued 4,23,123 4,99,844 4,98,474 –1,370 75,350 Notes in circulation 4,23,110 4,99,829 4,98,463 –1,366 75,353 Notes held in Banking Department 14 16 11 –4 –3 Deposits           Central Government 46,464 38,228 57,106 18,878 10,642 Market Stabilisation Scheme 29,062 53,580 54,704 1,125 25,642 State Governments 41 41 41 — — Scheduled Commercial Banks

(Rs. crore)       Variation over Item As on Mar. 23, 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 8,64,573 1,97,746 –1,067 1,789 1,88,186 46,124 80,591 20,495 2,00,776 49,084 (a) Foreign Currency Assets 8,32,015 1,90,392 –1,044 1,789* 1,84,688 45,284 79,277 20,205 1,97,134 48,233 (b) Gold 30,499 6,883 — — 4,825 1,128

(Rs. crore)   Outstanding Variation over Item as on   Financial year so far Year-on-year   2007 Fortnight           Mar. 16 #   2005-2006 2006-2007 2006 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liabilities to the Banking System             Demand and time deposits from Banks 35,974 –107 –10,248 –1,104 –3,049 2,715 Borrowings from Banks(1) 36,730 6,654 –2,330 7,533 3,219 5,894 Other demand and time liabilities(2) 9,7

(per cent per annum) Item / week ended 2006 2007   Mar. 17 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 Feb. 23 Mar. 2 Mar. 9 Mar. 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)(1) 5.00 5.50 5.50 5.75 5.75 6.00 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 11.50-12.50 12.25-12.50 12.25-12.50 12.25-12.50 12.25-12.50 Deposit Rate(4) 6.00-7.00 7.50-8.50 7.50-9.00 7.50-9.00 7.50-9.00 7.50-9.0

(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. 16   Apr. 1 Mar. 17   1       2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Bank Credit   15,07,077 18,66,956 3,59,878 11,52,210 14,47,666 2,95,456             (23.9)     (25.6)

Foreign Currency 2007 Annual appreciation (+) / depreciation (-) (per cent)   Mar. 19+ Mar. 20 Mar. 21 Mar. 22 Mar. 23 Mar. 19+ Mar. 20 Mar. 21 Mar. 22 Mar. 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11   RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. Dollar 43,9800 43.6300 43.6600 43.7000   1.05 1.72 1.86 1.95 Euro   58.4900 58.0800 58.4400 58.2500   –7.54 –7.30 –8.01 –7.76   FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. Buying 43.9750 43.62

(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. 16# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 M3   27,29,535 32,06,298 18,522 0.6 2,94,616 12.6 4,76,76

(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. 23# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Reserve Money 5,73,066 6,99,556 10,476 1.5 74,159 15.2 1,26,490 22.1 69,854 14.2 1,36,262 24.2 Components (i+ii+iii)                

(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. 20, 2007 1 40 29,345 40 29,345 7.50 — — — — — 29,345     $ 1 22 5,905 22 5,905 7

(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 (8+9+10) Average Cut-off as on the           petitive Com-petitive   petitive Com-petitive RBI   Price Price(per cent) Date of Issue (Face Value) 1   2 3 4 5 6

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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 6,61,728 8,30,992 9,98,528 11,64,769 13,28,186 14,91,603 16,47,584 18,03,109 19,57,700 21,10,681 22,76,562 Mar. 30, Mar. 17 Mar. 18 Mar. 19 Mar. 20 Mar. 21 Mar. 22 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 26 Mar. 27 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 Mar. 30 2007 1,57,003 3,14,006 4,71,1

(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. 11 Jan. 13* Mar. 10# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 196.6 208.7 209.3 — — 6.1 6.5 Primary Articles 22.02 191.8 213.7 214.3 — –0.7 10.9 11.7 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 192.4 227.9 225.5 0.4 –2.5 14.4 17.2   Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 314.7 322.3 319.5 — –0.4 1.0 1.5   Manufactured Products 63.75 171.9 181.6 183.0 0.1 0.5 6.5 6.

    2006 2007     Mar. 23 Mar. 19 Mar. 20 Mar. 21 Mar. 22 Mar. 23 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 10840.59 12644.99 12705.94 12945.88 13308.03 13285.93 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000) 3247.15 3678.90 3697.60 3764.55 3875.90 3861.05 + : Market closed.

(Rs. crore)       Week Ended       Feb. 9, 2007 Feb. 16, 2007 Feb. 23, 2007 Mar. 2, 2007 Mar. 9, 2007 Mar. 16, 2007 Mar. 23, 2007 1     2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Banks                 (a) Borrowings 10,219 10,058 10,248 7,914 9,812 9,767 8,773   (b) Lendings 11,655 11,924 11,767 9,646 11,188 11,495 9,507 2. Primary Dealers                 (a) Borrowings

(Rs. crore)       Week Ended Items                     Feb. 16, 2007 Feb. 23, 2007 Mar. 2, 2007 Mar. 9, 2007 Mar. 16, 2007 Mar. 23, 2007 1     2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Outright Transactions               (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities 25,930 39,368 26,920 21,516 25,255 16,733   (b) State Government Securities 489 213 1,455 778 914 567   (c) 91 – Day Treas

(US $ Million)     Merchant Inter-bank     FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INR FCY / FCY Position Date                             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                         Mar. 5, 2007 1,003

(Rs. crore)   Week Ended   Feb. 15, 2007 Feb. 23, 2007 Mar. 2, 2007 Mar. 9, 2007 Mar. 16, 2007 Mar. 23, 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Amount 153.98 225.90 277.38 328.50 97.31 273.18 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 23, 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 — 12,721 9,086 29,963 51,770 –404 1,054 State Governments 59,236 20,450 2,756 6,380 88,822 8,158 36,955 Others 70 6,887 5,364 15,669 27,991 –567

(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. 23, 2007) Mar. 24, 2006)   Mar. 23, 2007) Mar. 24, 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 RBI —

(Amount in Rs. crore)       For the Week Ended Mar. 16, 2007 For the Week Ended Mar. 23, 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     &nb