(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Feb. 26, '99Mar. 12, '99Mar. 26, '99Apr. 9, '99Apr. 23, '99May 7, '99 May 21, '99 1 23456781.Banks a)Borrowing10,00611,35112,05612,14311,61211,43710,650 b)Lending6,6987,0477,7179,6919,6599,2218,0962.Primary Dealers a)Borrowing4,6663,7054,5444,5984,8024,0204,327 b)Lending1,6031,6792,2111,6681,6771,9901,8483.Non-Bank Institutions a)Lending5,6625,9506,4814,2143,9493,6354,994

(Rs. crore) Fortnight Ended Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15   Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 4 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Dec.2006 8, 1,32,381 2,64,762 3,92,203 5,26,816 6,61,211 7,91,521 9,17,653 10,44,084 11,70,475 12,94,368 14,14,078 15,32,938 16,58,766 17,87,049   Dec. 9 Dec. 10 Dec. 11 Dec. 12 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Dec. 17 Dec. 18 Dec. 19 Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Dec. 22,2006 1,26,213 2,52,42

(Rs. crore) Fortnight ended Total Amount Issued during Rate of Interest Outstanding # the fortnight # (per cent)@ 1 2 3 4 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 Oct. 13, 2006 64,482 2,513 4.75 — 8.50 Nov. 10, 2006 67,694 4,050 6.75 — 8.50 Nov. 24, 2006 68,911 4,107 7.50 — 8.33 @ : Effective interest rate range per annum.

(Rs. crore) Fortnight ended Total Amount Reported during Rate of Interest Outstanding the fortnight (per cent)@ 1 2 3 4 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 Oct. 15, 2006 23,361 1,733 7.20 — 8.65 Nov. 30, 2006 24,218 4,031 7.50 — 9.50 Dec. 15, 2006 23,712 1,915 7.50 — 8.75 @ : Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.

Items / Week ended Weight 2005 2006 Percentage Variation over Dec. 10 Oct. 14* Dec. 9# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 197.2 208.6 207.7 — –0.6 5.3 5.3 Primary Articles 22.02 195.8 213.9 212.1 0.1 –1.1 9.7 8.3   (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 230.2 256.1 232.5 1.0 –8.4 17.9 1.0 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 310.7 328.7 322.6 — –2.1 2.0 3.8 Manufactured Products 63.75 172.4 180.0 180.5 –0.2 0.2 5.0 4.7   (i) Sugar,

  2005 2006 Dec. 22 Dec. 18 Dec. 19 Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 9372.30 13731.09 13382.01 13340.21 13384.86 13471.74 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000) 2835.25 3928.75 3832.00 3815.55 3833.50 3871.15

(Rs. crore)   Week Ended Nov. 10, 2006 Nov. 17, 2006 Nov. 24, 2006 Dec. 1, 2006 Dec. 8, 2006 Dec. 15, 2006 Dec. 22, 2006 1     2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Banks   (a) Borrowings 9,890 9,612 7,982 11,336 10,311 12,054 10,369   (b) Lendings 11,800 11,760 9,744 13,594 11,576 13,995 11,867 2. Primary Dealers   (a) Borrowings 2,164 2,331 2,026 2,598 1,766 2,041 1,680   (b) Lendings 254 183 264 340 501 101 182 3. Total   (a) Borrowings 12,054 11

(Rs. crore) Items     Week Ended     Nov. 17, 2006 Nov. 24, 2006 Dec. 1, 2006 Dec. 8, 2006 Dec. 15, 2006 Dec. 22, 2006 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Outright Transactions   (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities   69,644 79,345 85,254 63,085 39,215 38,122   (b) State Government Securities   370 506 712 685 405 933   (c) 91 – Day Treasury Bills   1,696 1,549 369 1,744 829 2,012   (d) 182 – Day Treasury Bills   2,510 1,535 199

(US$ Million) Position Date Merchant Inter-bank FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INR FCY / FCY 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 Dec. 4, 2006 1,368 320 131 610 807 878 2,004 3,765 98 4,672 1,281 115 Dec. 5, 2006 1,376 385 238 457 483 720 2,011 3,696 103 3,278 928 177 Dec. 6, 2006 1,135 647 290 627 775 483 2,585 3,730 208 3,769 1,142 31 Dec. 7, 2006 875 336 1

(Rs. crore) 1 Week Ended Nov. 17, 2006 Nov. 24, 2006 Dec. 1, 2006 Dec. 8, 2006 Dec. 15, 2006 Dec. 22, 2006 2 3 4 5 6 7 Amount — 52.27 160.85 81.94 107.56 55.53 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.