(Rs. crore)   2006 2007 Variation Item             May 5 Apr. 27 May 4# Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes issued 4,44,744 5,12,683 5,17,325 4,643 72,581 Notes in circulation 4,44,723 5,12,672 5,17,301 4,629 72,578 Notes held in Banking Department 20 11 24 13 4 Deposits           Central Government 100 101 101 — 1 Market Stabilisation Scheme 24,832 75,924 78,033 2,109 53,201 State Governments 41 41 41 — — Scheduled

Item As on May 4, 2007 Week End-March 2007 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 8,34,667 2,04,009 –5,426 –126 –33,555 4,830 50,685 26,758 1,05,704 41,596 (a) Foreign Currency Assets 8,03,684 1,96,500 –4,889 –377 * –32,913 4,576 50,946 26,313 1,06,569 41,171 (b) Gold 29,051 7,036 –522 252 –522 252 227 519 716 735 (c) SDRs 44 11 –1 — 36 9 40 10 19 5

(Rs. crore)   Outstanding Variation over Item as on   Financial year so far Year-on-year   2007 Fortnight           Apr. 27 #   2006-2007 2007-2008 2006 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liabilities to the Banking System             Demand and time deposits from Banks 38,011 –1,355 –4,636 –2,071 –4,950 5,569 Borrowings from Banks(1) 34,289 –3,479 –14 –842 –442 5,106 Other demand and time liabilities(2) 16,047

(per cent per annum) Item / week ended 2006 2007   Apr. 28 Mar. 23 Mar. 30 Apr. 6 Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)(1) 5.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.25 6.25 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 12.25-12.50 12.25-12.50 12.25-13.25 12.50-13.25 12.75-13.25 12.75-13.25 Deposit Rate(4) 6.00-7.00 7.50-9.00 7.50-9.00 7.50-9.00 7.50-9.00 7.50-9

(Rs. crore)       2007 - 2008 2006 - 2007 Item   Outstanding as on Variation Outstanding as on Variation       2007 (3) - (2) 2006 (6) - (5)       Mar. 30 Apr. 27   Mar. 31 Apr. 28   1     2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Bank Credit 19,23,192 18,89,557 –33,635 15,07,077 14,85,778 –21,299           (–1.7)     (–1.4)   A. Food Credit 46,521 49,887 3,366 40,691 37,258 –3,433 &nbs

Foreign Currency 2007 Annual appreciation (+) / depreciation (-) (per cent)     April 30 May 1+ May 2+ May 3 May 4 April 30 May 1+ May 2+ May 3 May 4 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11   RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. Dollar 41.2900     41.1800 40.9000 —     8.94 9.95 Euro   56.2000     56.0700 55.4700 —     1.25 2.20   FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S. Buying 41.29

(Rs. crore)   Outstanding as on Variation over       Financial year so far Year-on-year Item 2007 Fortnight 2006-2007 2007-2008 2006 2007   Mar. 31# Apr. 27# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 M3 32,96,919 33,21,671 186 — 42,834 1.6 24,752 0.8 4,36,133 18.7 5,49,289 19.8 Components (i+ii+iii+iv)                         (i) Currency with the Publ

(Rs. crore)   Outstanding as on Variation over       Financial year so far Year-on-year Item 2007 Week 2006-2007 2007-2008 2006 2007   Mar. 31# May 4# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Reserve Money 7,08,950 7,29,937 –473 –0.1 20,721 3.6 20,987 3.0 95,440 19.2 1,36,158 22.9 Components (i+ii+iii)                         (i) Currency in circulati

(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 Out standing 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 Apr. 30, 2007 3 17 8,360 17 8,360 7.75 1 15 1 15 6.00 8,345     $ 3 23 7,615 23 7,615 7.75 — — — — — 7,615 –15,

(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)         &nb

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Apr. 27, Apr. 14 Apr. 15 Apr. 16 Apr. 17 Apr. 18 Apr. 19 Apr. 20 Apr. 21 Apr. 22 Apr. 23 Apr. 24 Apr. 25 Apr. 26 Apr. 27 2007 1,53,301 3,06,601 4,80,627 6,65,900 8,48,906 10,32,965 12,14,064 14,05,717 15,97,315 17,82,642 19,71,376 21,47,321 23,33,102 25,23,631 May 11, Apr. 28 Apr. 29 Apr. 30 May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7 May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 2007 1,93,639 3,87,278 5,93,826 8,00,464 9

(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 Mar. 16, 2007 92,468 17,986 10.30—11.25 Mar. 30, 2007 93,272 9,428 10.23—11.90 @: 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 Feb. 28, 2007 21,167 1,241 8.70—12.00 Mar. 15, 2007 19,102 2,106 7.50—13.35 @: Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.

    2006 2007 Percentage Variation over Items / Week ended Weight Apr. 22 Feb. 24* Apr. 21# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 199.4 209.0 210.9 — 0.5 0.4 5.8 Primary Articles 22.02 196.6 214.9 219.2 — 1.8 1.5 11.5 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 207.9 222.2 237.9 0.3 7.7 7.4 14.4 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 317.3 318.9 320.5 — 0.3 0.1 1.0 Manufactured Products 63.75 174.0 182.4 183.5 –0.1 0.1 0.1 5.5 (i) Sugar, Kha

  2006 2007   May 4 Apr. 30 May 1+ May 2+ May 3 May 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 12347.63 13872.37     14078.21 13934.27 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000) 3648.40 4087.90     4150.85 4117.35 + : Market closed.

(Rs. crore)   Week Ended   Mar. 23, 2007 Mar. 30, 2007 Apr. 6, 2007 Apr. 13, 2007 Apr. 20, 2007 Apr. 27, 2007 May 4, 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Banks                 (a) Borrowings 8,773 11,878 16,938 11,800 16,834 11,869 11,141   (b) Lendings 9,507 13,101 19,098 13,564 18,268 12,429 11,843 2. Primary Dealers                 (a) Borrowings 852 1,409 2,273 1,843 1,590 704 759 &n

(Rs. crore)   Week Ended Items Mar. 30, 2007 Apr. 6, 2007 Apr. 13, 2007 Apr. 20, 2007 Apr. 27, 2007 May 4, 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Outright Transactions               (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities 20,560 16,154 47,601 31,710 33,928 15,713   (b) State Government Securities 1,148 185 1,284 198 1,423 260   (c) 91 – Day Treasury Bills 1,301 1,576 4,787 1,177 2,327 1,338   (d) 182 – Day Treasury Bills 836 320 1,221

(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 Apr. 16, 2007 2,078 1,971 502 1,772 628 371 5,423 5,333 459 4,504 1,512 222 Apr. 17, 2007 1,850 1,398 463 1,458 416 223 4,760 5,007 284 4,490 1,263 150 Apr. 18, 2007 1,484 647 305 1,301 1,467 710 3,721 3,779 433 3,899 1,735

(Rs. crore)   Week Ended   Mar. 30 2007 Apr. 5 2007 Apr. 13 2007 Apr. 20 2007 Apr. 27 2007 May 4 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Amount 191.94 — 355.99 74.88 79.86 89.90 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)   May 4, 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 — 16,440 11,677 33,621 61,738 1,425 9,616 State Governments 31,320 23,950 2,852 7,310 65,432 1,827 –7,971 Others 371 7,596 4,538 15,012 27,517 235

(Face Value in Rs. crore)   Gross Amount Raised Net Amount Raised   2007-2008 2006-2007 2006-2007 2007-2008 2006-2007 2006-2007   (Upto May 4, 2007) (Upto May 5, 2006)   (Upto May 4, 2007) (Upto May 5, 2006)   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Total 16,000 28,000 1,46,000 3,300 11,500 1,06,921 of which :             1.1 Devolvement/Private           Placement on RBI — — —       2. RBI's OMO

(Amount in Rs. crore)   For the Week Ended Apr. 27, 2007 For the Week Ended May 4, 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                 2007-08 226