Foreign 1998199919981999Currency Jul. 10Jul. 5Jul. 6Jul. 7Jul. 8Jul. 9Jul. 10Jul. 5Jul. 6Jul. 7Jul. 8Jul. 91234567891011121314 RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per U.S. Dollar) Foreign Currency per Rs. 100@ 42.470043.280043.280043.290043.360043.3900 (Based on Middle Rates) FEDAI Indicative Rates (Rs. per Foreign Currency) U.S.{ Buying42.460043.275043.270043.280043.360043.39002.35462.31052.31052.31002.30632.3047DollarSelling42.480043.285043.280043.290043.370043.4000 Pound{ Bu

        (Rs. crore)                       Week Ended     Jul. 28, 2006 Aug. 4, 2006 Aug. 11, 2006 Aug. 18, 2006 Aug. 25, 2006 Sep. 1, 2006                 1   2 3 4 5 6 7                 Amount 30.24 119.89 89.51 31.27 337.60 38.90                 Note : With ef

    (Rs. crore)                   September 1, 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 — — — — — — —    

                    Gross Amount Raised Net Amount Raised     2006-2007 2005-2006 2005-2006 2006-2007 2005-2006 2005-2006     (Upto (Upto   (Upto (Upto       Sep. 1, 2006) Sep. 2, 2005)   Sep. 1, 2006) Sep. 2, 2005)   1   2 3 4 5 6 7                 1. Total 80,000 79,000 * 1,37,000 * 45,012 48,982 95,370   of which : &n

        (Amount in Rs. crore)                               For the Week Ended Aug. 25, 2006 For the Week Ended Sep. 1, 2006 Item   Amount YTM (%PA) Indicative** Amount YTM (%PA) Indicative**         Minimum Maximum   Minimum Maximum 1     2 3   4 5   6   7 I. Outright Transactions           &nbs

        (Rs. crore)   2005 2006 Variation Item Sep. 9 Sep. 1 Sep. 8# Week   Year 1 2 3 4 5   6 Notes issued 3,76,152 4,40,163 4,45,473 5,310   69,321 Notes in circulation 3,76,138 4,40,140 4,45,458 5,318   69,320 Notes held in Banking Department 14 23 15 –8   1 Deposits             Central Government 2,310 100 100 —   –2,210 Market Stabilisation Scheme 61,855 38,478 39,443 965  

        Variation over Item As on Sep. 8, 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 7,63,167 1,65,138 –11,379 –1,320 86,780 13,516 1,44,784 27,932 1,26,602 19,861 (a) Foreign Currency Assets 7,29,196 1,57,835 –11

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

      (per cent per annum)   2005 2006 Item / week ended Sep. 2 Jul. 28 Aug. 4 Aug. 11   Aug. 18 Aug. 25 Sep. 1 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 11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50   11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50 11.00-11.50 Deposit Rat

                (Rs. crore)       2006 - 2007 2005 - 2006       Outstanding Variation Outstanding Variation       as on (3) - (2)   as on (6) - (5)       2006     2005   Item                       Mar. 31 Sep. 1   Apr. 1 Sep. 2   1     2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Bank Credit   15,07,0

(Rs. crore) OutstandingVariation over as on Item Financial year so far 1999Fortnight1998-991999-2000Year Mar. 31#Jun. 18#Amount%Amount%Amount%Amount% 1234567891011M3 9,74,32810,19,2329,9261.034,6574.244,9044.61,57,36618.3 Components (i+ii+iii+iv) (i)Currency with the Public1,70,1191,85,142-601-0.312,1138.315,0238.827,02517.1(ii)Demand deposits with banks1,30,2671,33,3488,1496.5-4,849-4.13,0812.420,26017.9(iii)Time deposits with banks6,70,1306,95,619@98—26,5924.825,489

Foreign     2006 Annual appreciation (+) / depreciation (-) (per cent) Currency     Sep. 4 Sep. 5 Sep. 6 Sep. 7 Sep. 8 Sep. 4 Sep. 5 Sep. 6 Sep. 7 Sep. 8 1   2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12     RBI's Reference Rate (Rs. per Foreign Currency)           U.S. Dollar     46.4400 46.2200 46.2100 46.1000 46.2000 — –5.37 –5.09 —— –5.06 Euro     59.6800 59.3300 59.2400 59.0800 58.7200 — –7.40 –7.53 —— –7

              (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 # Sep. 1# Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 1     2 3

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

          (Rs. crore)       REPO (INJECTION) REVERSE REPO (ABSORPTION) Net injection(+)/       Repo                       Outstanding LAF   period Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut-Off Bids Received Bids Accepted Cut-Off absorption(-) of                               Amount @ Date &n

                (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     Number     on (8+9+10) Average Cut-off as on the             Com- Non-   Com- Non-       &nb

  (Rs. crore) Fortnight                               Date Ended                             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15   Aug. 19 Aug. 20 Aug. 21 Aug. 22 Aug. 23 Aug. 24 Aug. 25 Aug. 26 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 Aug. 30 Aug. 31 Sep. 1 Sep. 1,                   &nbs

          (Rs. crore)   Fortnight ended Total Amount Issued during Rate of Interest       Outstanding # the fortnight # (per cent)@   1   2 3 4   Oct. 14, 2005 27,626 2,078 4.66 — 7.75   Jan. 6, 2006 34,432 2,556 4.40 — 7.75   Apr. 14, 2006 38,568 2,005 6.00 — 8.90   Jul. 7, 2006 57,256 4,647 6.00 — 8.70   Jul. 21, 2006 59,167 5,461 4.35 — 8.21   Aug. 4, 2006 64,748 7,139 6.00 — 8.62

        (Rs. crore)   Fortnight ended Total Amount Reported during Rate of Interest       Outstanding the fortnight (per cent)@   1   2 3 4   Oct. 15, 2005 18,702 1,008 5.69 — 7.50   Jan. 15, 2006 17,415 844 6.50 — 7.75   Apr. 15, 2006 12,968 1,423 6.77 — 8.95   Jul. 15, 2006 21,237 3,389 6.25 — 8.30   Aug. 15, 2006 22,764 4,018 6.25 — 8.10   Aug. 31, 2006 22,854 2,442 6.60 — 9.00 @ : Typi