(Rs. crore)   2005   2006     Variation Item Nov. 18 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 # Week   Year 1 2 3 4 5   6 Notes issued 3,95,917 4,62,666 4,62,606 –60   66,689 Notes in circulation 3,95,901 4,62,651 4,62,593 –57   66,692 Notes held in Banking Department 16 16 13 –3   –3 Deposits             Central Government 9,939 17,585 18,213 628   8,274 Market Stabilisation Scheme 65,

        Variation over Item As on Nov. 17, 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 7,66,772 1,70,355 18,399 2,071 90,385 18,733 1,48,389 33,149 1,16,738 28,174 (a) Foreign Currency Assets 7,36,528 1,63,637 18,3

      (Rs. crore)                     Outstanding Variation over     as on                   Financial year so far Year-on-year Item   2006                 Fortnight             Nov. 10#   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 Nov. 11 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20   Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 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 11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50   11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50 Deposit Ra

              (Rs. crore)     2006 - 2007 2005 - 2006     Outstanding Variation Outstanding Variation     as on (3) - (2) as on (6) - (5)     2006     2005   Item                   Mar. 31 Nov. 10   Apr. 1 Nov. 11   1   2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Bank Credit 15,07,077 16,71,093 1,64,015 11,52,210 13,01,921 1,49,711     &nb

(Rs. crore) 1999-20001998-99 OutstandingVariationsOutstandingVariations as on(3) - (2)as on(6) - (5) Item19991999 19981998 Mar. 26Jul. 2 Mar. 27Jul. 3 1 2345671.Bank Credit3,66,0033,69,3713,3673,24,0793,23,938-141 (0.9) (—) A.Food Credit16,81621,9905,17412,48517,6835,198 B.Non-Food Credit3,49,1873,47,380-1,8073,11,5943,06,255-5,339 (-0.5) (-1.7) 2.Investments48,27151,280 @@3,00931,57935,404+3,824 A.Commercial Paper3,9375,9141,9772,0273,7111,684 B.Bonds/Debentures/Pref

Foreign 2006 Annual appreciation (+) / depreciation (-) (per cent) Currency   Nov. 13 Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 13 Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12   RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per Foreign Currency)             U.S. Dollar   44.9000 45.1600 45.3400 45.1700 45.0100 — 1.13 — 1.44 1.69 Euro   57.7800 57.9200 58.0500 57.8900 57.4800 — –7.27 — –7.31 –7.05   FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs

            (Rs. crore)     Outstanding as on Variation over             Financial year so far Year-on-year     2006 Fortnight                             2005-2006 2006-2007 2005 2006 Item Mar. 31# Nov. 10# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13     27,29,535 29,65,78

            (Rs. crore)                                 Outstanding as on Variation over                                         Financial year so far   Year-on-year     2006 Week                   &nbs