(Rs. crore) Fortnight                                         Date             Ended                             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15   May 27 May 28 May

(Rs. crore) 1999-20001998-99 OutstandingVariationsOutstandingVariations as on(3) - (2)as on(6) - (5) Item19991999 19981998 Mar. 26Jun. 18 Mar. 27Jun. 19 1 2345671.Bank Credit3,66,0033,66,1201163,24,0793,18,831-5,247 (—) (-1.6) A.Food Credit16,81622,2215,40512,48516,8284,343 B.Non-Food Credit3,49,1873,43,898-5,2893,11,5943,02,003-9,590 (-1.5) (-3.1) 2.Investments48,78650,169 @@1,38331,86434,903+3,039 A.Commercial Paper3,9375,0981,1611,9693,7371,768 B.Bonds/Debentures/P

      (Rs. crore) Fortnight ended Total Amount Issued during Rate of Interest     Outstanding # the fortnight # (per cent)@ 1   2 3 4 Jul. 8, 2005 20,509 2,598 4.50 — 7.00 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 May 12, 2006 48,515 3,285 6.50 — 7.90 May 26, 2006 43,688 4,145 6.37 — 8.67 @: 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 Jul. 15, 2005 18,207 1,896 5.57 — 7.50 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 May 15, 2006 17,259 2,068 6.32 — 7.95 May 31, 2006 16,922 2,633 6.40 — 9.25 @: Typical effective discount rate range per annum on issues during the f

        2005 2006 Percentage Variation over       Weight Jun. 4 Apr. 8* Jun. 3# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended                                   March   1     2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9                       ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 192.8 198.7 201.9 0.3 1.1 2.4 4.7 Primary Articles 22.

      2005     2006           Jun. 16 Jun. 12 Jun. 13 Jun. 14 Jun. 15 Jun. 16                   1     2 3 4 5 6 7                   BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 6900.41 9476.15 9062.65 8929.44 9545.06 9884.51 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000) 2123.70 2776.85 2663.30 2632.80 2798.80 2890.35         &nbs

          (Rs. crore)             Week Ended             May 5, 2006 May 12, 2006 May 19, 2006 May 26, 2006 Jun. 2, 2006 Jun. 9, 2006 Jun. 16, 2006 1     2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Banks                 (a) Borrowings 6,884 6,521 9,523 6,439 6,748 6,080 7,396   (b) Lendings 8,465 7,932 11,212 7,394 7,752 7,018 8,298 2. Primary Dealers  

        (Rs. crore)             Week Ended     Items     May 12, 2006 May 19, 2006 May 26, 2006 Jun. 2, 2006 Jun. 9, 2006 Jun. 16, 2006                     1       2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Outright Transactions                 (a) Govt. of India Dated Securities   28,814 27,722 23,076 14,943 16,505 14

                      (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 &

              (Rs. crore)       Week Ended     May 12, 2006 May 19, 2006 May 26, 2006 Jun. 2, 2006 Jun. 9, 2006 Jun. 16, 2006                 1   2 3 4 5 6 7                 Amount 412.70 254.17 78.89 262.02 36.61 25.41                 Note:With effect from October 8, 2005, trading in s