(Rs. crore)   Fortnight ended Total Amount Issued during     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   Oct. 27, 2006 65,764 1,494 6.00 — 8.50   Nov. 10, 2006 67

(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. 15, 2006 23,270 2,361 7.25 — 9.25 Nov. 30, 2006 24,218 4,031 7.50 — 9.50 @ : Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the fortnight.

    2005 2006 Percentage Variation over   Weight Nov. 26 Sep. 30* Nov. 25# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended             March   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 198.1 208.3 208.6 –0.1 0.1 5.8 5.3 Primary Articles 22.02 199.2 212.6 212.5 –0.4 –0.4 9.9 6.7   (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 240.4 250.6 237.8 –2.0 –7.1 20.6 –1.1 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 312.2 329.6 328.8 –0.2 –0.2 4.0 5.3 M

  2005 2006   Dec. 8 Dec. 4 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 8906.31 13874.33 13937.65 13949.00 13972.03 13799.49 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000) 2706.70 4001.00 4015.75 4015.95 4015.35 3962.00

(Rs. crore)   Week Ended   Oct. 27, 2006 Nov. 3, 2006 Nov. 10, 2006 Nov. 17, 2006 Nov. 24, 2006 Dec. 1, 2006 Dec. 8, 2006 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Banks                 (a) Borrowings 11,694 15,254 9,890 9,612 7,982 11,336 10,311   (b) Lendings 13,649 16,673 11,800 11,760 9,744 13,594 11,576 2. Primary Dealers                 (a) Borrowings 2,253 1,761 2,164 2,331 2,026 2,598 1,76

(Rs. crore)Fortnight endedTotal Amount Outstanding#Issued during the fortnight #Rate of Interest (Per cent)@1 23 4Jul.17, 1998 7,287807 8.00 — 12.50Oct.9, 1998 6,132786 7.75 — 13.50Jan.1, 1999 3,667621 8.00 — 17.35Apr.9, 1999 3,49467 7.00 — 12.50May21, 1999 2,74453 8.00 — 12.00Jun.4, 1999 2,346108 8.50 — 13.07@ : Effective interest rate range per annum.

(Rs. crore) Items Week Ended Nov. 3, 2006 Nov. 10, 2006 Nov. 17, 2006 Nov. 24, 2006 Dec. 1, 2006 Dec. 8, 2006 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Outright Transactions   (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities 41,935 66,743 69,644 79,345 85,254 63,085   (b) State Government Securities 204 278 370 506 712 685   (c) 91 – Day Treasury Bills 1,438 173 1,696 1,549 369 1,744   (d) 182 – Day Treasury Bills 2,002 2,164 2,510 1,535 199 1,278   (e) 364 – Day Treasury Bills 86

(US$ Million)   Merchant Inter-bank   FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INR FCY / FCY   Spot Forward Forward Spot Forward Forward Spot Swap Forward Spot Swap Forward       Cancel-     Cancel-             Position Date     lation     lation             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Purchases                    

(Rs. crore)   Week Ended   Nov. 3, 2006 Nov. 10, 2006 Nov. 17, 2006 Nov. 24, 2006 Dec. 1, 2006 Dec. 8, 2006 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Amount 44.46 297.69 — 52.27 160.85 81.94 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)   December 8, 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 — — — — — — — Banks — 14,628 12,374 30,522 57,524 1,049 6,808 State Governments 42,247 14,998 4,793 5,630 67,668 –5,877 15,802 Others 146 2,850 3,101 9,946 16,043