(Rs. crore)                   Aug. 18, 2006 Variation in Total Treasury Bills Holders Treasury Bills of Different Maturities Total Over the Over End   14 Day 91 Day 182 Day 364 Day (2+3+4+5) Week March   (Intermediate) (Auction) (Auction) (Auction)       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8                 Reserve Bank of India — — — — — — —       &nbs

    (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       Aug. 18, 2006) Aug. 19, 2005)   Aug. 18, 2006) Aug. 19, 2005)   1   2 3 4 5 6 7                 1. Total 72,000 73,000 1,37,000 *

      (Amount in Rs. crore)                               For the Week Ended Aug. 11, 2006 For the Week Ended Aug. 18, 2006 Item   Amount YTM (%PA) Indicative** Amount YTM (%PA) Indicative**         Minimum Maximum   Minimum Maximum 1     2 3   4 5   6   7 I. Outright Transactions             &nb

        (Rs. crore)   2005 2006 Variation Item Aug. 26 Aug. 18 Aug. 25# Week   Year 1 2 3 4 5   6 Notes issued 3,72,541 4,45,818 4,40,998 –4,820   68,457 Notes in circulation 3,72,514 4,45,794 4,40,973 –4,821   68,459 Notes held in Banking Department 27 24 25 1   –2 Deposits             Central Government 3,662 1,035 6,891 5,856   3,229 Market Stabilisation Scheme 76,936 39,931 42,364

(Rs. crore) Date of Date of Notified Bids Devolvement Total Weighted Implicit Yield Amount Outstan- Auction Issue Amount Accepted on PDs and Issue Average at Cut-off ding as on the RBI (4+5) Price Price Date of Issue (Face Value) (Face Value) (Face Value) (Per cent) (Face Value) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Oct. 8, '97 Oct. 10, '97 - 2,092 - 2,092 92.23 8.4716 16,769 Jan. 14, '98 Jan. 16, '98 - - - - - - 17,517 @ Apr. 7, '98 Apr. 11, '98 100 6 94 100 92.61 7.9797 14,339 Jul. 1,

Variation over As on July 9, 1999WeekEnd- March 1999End- December 1998YearItemRs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.Rs. CroreUS$ Mn.1234567891011Total Reserves1,42,76332,904-424-1054,75841414,9092,84827,8485,864of which : (a) Foreign Currency Assets1,31,03030,198-424-1055,61867616,3373,24028,9816,187 (b) Gold11,7322,706——-827-254-1,076-309-1,094-314 (c) SDRs1———-33-8-352-83-38-9Note :1. Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms inc

        Variation over Item As on Aug. 25, 2006 Week End-March 2006 End-December 2005 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 7,70,518 1,65,326 1,870 –41 94,131 13,704 1,52,135 28,120 1,41,602 21,485               &nbs

      (Rs. crore)                     Outstanding Variation over     as on                   Financial year so far Year-on-year Item   2006                 Fortnight             Aug. 18#   2005-2006 2006-2007 2005 2006 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 Liabilities to the Banking Syste

      (per cent per annum)   2005 2006 Item / week ended Aug. 19 Jul. 14 Jul. 21 Jul. 28 Aug. 4 Aug. 11 Aug. 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)(1) 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 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 10.75-11.25 10.75-11.25 10.75-11.25 11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50 Deposit Rate(4) 5.25-6.25 6.25/7.00 6.25/7.00 6.25/