The Reserve Bank of India under the Scheme of Liquidity Adjustment Facility, has announced one-day repo auction and reverse repo auction in Government of India dated securities and treasury bills of all maturities of 91, 182 and 364 day Treasury Bills on March 12, 2001 (Monday) for scheduled commercial banks and Primary Dealers holding SGL Account and Current Account with it at Mumbai. The eligible banks/institutions may submit separate applications before 11.00 a.m.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nomenclature Amount Price * YTM % (Face Value) Per Rs.100 Indicative (in Rs.Crore) nominal --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Outright Transactions A.Government of India Dated Securities Contract Date : March 05, 2001 11.55 % 2001 5.00 100.80 8.9072 11.15 % 2002 10.00 102.90 9.0230 11.15 % 2002 25.00 102.95 8.9871 11.15 % 2002 5.00 102.98 8.9656 11.1

(Amount in Rupees crore and rate in per cent per annum)1. Call/Notice Money Market*(i) Volumes BanksPrimary DealersNon-Bank InstitutionsTotalBorrowings1675011105027855Lendings133742681574321798(ii) Interest RatesBorrowingsLendings (a)Weighted average rate7.057.06 (b) Range of rates6.50-7.306.90-7.402 Term Money Market*Volume(Turnover)Range of Rates17398.60-12.003. Liquidity Support availed from RBI # Amount (outstanding)Rate of Interest 5031at Bank Rate4. Liquidity Ad

March 8, 2001The Reserve Bank of India’s Reference Rate for the US dollar is Rs. 46.54 on 8.03.2001. Based on the reference rate for US dollar and middle rates of the cross currency quotes at 12 noon, the exchange rates of major currencies against the rupee are given below: : DateCURRENCY 1 USD1 GBP1 EURO100 YEN7 March, 200146.520068.486743.542738.938 March , 200146.540068.011243.277538.6800Note : The reference rate is based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in M

No bids were received for repo and reverse repo auctions today (08.03.2001) under Liquidity Adjustment Facility.

The Reserve Bank of India under the Scheme of Liquidity Adjustment Facility, has announced three day repo auction and reverse repo auction in Government of India dated securities and treasury bills of all maturities of 91, 182 and 364 day Treasury Bills on March 9, 2001 (Friday) for scheduled commercial banks and Primary Dealers holding SGL Account and Current Account with it at Mumbai. The eligible banks/institutions may submit separate applications before 11.00 a.m.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nomenclature Amount Price * YTM % (Face Value) Per Rs.100 Indicative (in Rs.Crore) nominal --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Outright Transactions A.Government of India Dated Securities Contract Date : March 01, 2001 12.30 % 2016 5.00 112.85 10.5833 Contract Date : March 02, 2001 11.15 % 2002 10.00 103.10 8.8925 12.50 % 2004 10.00 108.95 9.0776 12.5

(Amount in Rupees crore and rate in per cent per annum)1. Call/Notice Money Market*(i) Volumes BanksPrimary DealersNon-Bank InstitutionsTotalBorrowings1600411460027464Lendings135513337588922777(ii) Interest RatesBorrowingsLendings (a)Weighted average rate7.077.09 (b) Range of rates6.30-7.306.80-7.502 Term Money Market*Volume(Turnover)Range of Rates16608.90-12.003. Liquidity Support availed from RBI # Amount (outstanding)Rate of Interest 5479at Bank Rate4. Liquidity Ad

March 7, 2001The Reserve Bank of India’s Reference Rate for the US dollar is Rs. 46.52 on 7.03.2001. Based on the reference rate for US dollar and middle rates of the cross currency quotes at 12 noon, the exchange rates of major currencies against the rupee are given below: : DateCURRENCY 1 USD1 GBP1 EURO100 YEN5 March, 200146.560068.389743.414939.017 March, 200146.520068.486743.542738.9300Note : The reference rate is based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mu

Date of Auction : March 7, 2001 I.Notified amount: Rs.750.00 crore II.Bids received (a) Competitive bids Number:55 Amount:Rs.1415.75 crore (b) Non-competitive bids Number:0 Amount:Nil III.Cut-off price:Rs.92.03 IV.Competitive bids accepted Number:32 Amount:Rs.750.00 crore V.Partial Allotment Percentage:81.67 (2 bids) VI .Devolvement on RBI:Nil VII.Non-competitive bids accepted (a) Number:0 Amount:Nil (b)Partial Allotment Percentage:NA VIII.Weighted Average Price:92.08

The Reserve Bank of India has extended the relaxation on the limits of Ways and Means advances and the terms of Overdraft regulations for a further period of one month till end of March 2001 to enable the Government of Gujarat to meet the expenditure on relief and rehabilitation measures. It may be recalled that earlier, in view of the unprecedented nature of the calamity in the State of Gujarat, the Reserve Bank of India had completely relaxed the limits for Ways and

The results of the RBI Repos/Reverse Repo auctions held on March 07, 2001 are :ItemRepo Auction (Sale of securities by RBI)Reverse Repo Auction (Purchase of securities by RBI)1. Applications received for one day repo period (i) Number (ii) Amount (Face value in Rs. crore) 1 500 Nil NA2. Applications accepted for one day repo period (i) Number (ii) Amount (Face Value in Rs.crore) (iii) Cut-off Rate (per cent) 1 500 7.00 NA NA NA

The Reserve Bank of India under the Scheme of Liquidity Adjustment Facility, has announced one day repo auction and reverse repo auction in Government of India dated securities and treasury bills of all maturities of 91, 182 and 364 day Treasury Bills on March 8, 2001 (Thursday) for scheduled commercial banks and Primary Dealers holding SGL Account and Current Account with it at Mumbai. The eligible banks/institutions may submit separate applications before 11.00 a.m.

(Amount in Rupees crore and rate in per cent per annum)1. Call/Notice Money Market*(i) Volumes BanksPrimary DealersNon-Bank InstitutionsTotalBorrowings5655323108886Lendings596812505927810(ii) Interest RatesBorrowingsLendings (a)Weighted average rate7.157.18 (b) Range of rates6.50-7.506.90-8.602 Term Money Market*Volume(Turnover)Range of Rates13368.95-12.003. Liquidity Support availed from RBI # Amount (outstanding)Rate of Interest 6298at Bank Rate4. Liquidity Adjustme

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nomenclature Amount Price * YTM % (Face Value) Per Rs.100 Indicative (in Rs.Crore) nominal --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Outright Transactions A.Government of India Dated Securities Contract Date : March 01, 2001 10.80 % 2008 20.00 105.12 9.8059 11.40 % 2008 5.00 109.91 9.5213 11.40 % 2008 5.00 109.80 9.5409 12.25 % 2010 15.00 112.50 10.1418 11.

All Figures are in USD MillionsMerchantInterBank FCY/INRFCY/FCYFCY/INRFCY/FCYPositionSpotForwardForwardSpotForwardForwardSpotSwapForwardSpotSwapForwardDateCancel- ationCancel- ationPURCHASES12/02/2001431795071287491,3716136687813/02/200133465659966831,31866459101614/02/20014128245631108431,152595101201115/02/200152011825141067341,27475487731216/02/20014185486185468061,047604881697SALES12/02/20014281523161276781,2666239386913/02/20013781592314106101,12154500117514/02/2

The Reserve Bank of India on March 5, 2001 has notified that no further purchases of shares of Global Trust Bank Ltd., should be made in the secondary market on behalf of non-resident Indians (NRIs) / overseas corporate bodies (OCBs) and persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) as the holdings by NRIs / OCBs and PIOs have reached the overall ceiling of 10 per cent of its paid up capital.P.V. Sadanandan Asst. ManagerPress Release : 2000-2001/1239 Monitoring of Investments in Co

March 5, 2001The Reserve Bank of India’s Reference Rate for the US dollar is Rs.46.56 on 05.03.2001. Based on the Reference Rate for US dollar and middle rates of the cross currency quotes at 12 noon, the exchange rates of major currencies against the rupee are given below : DateCURRENCY 1 USD1 GBP1 EURO100 YEN2 March, 200146.570067.794343.298539.515 March, 200146.560068.389743.414939.0100Note : The reference rate is based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mum

The results of the RBI Repos/Reverse Repo auctions held on March 05, 2001 are :ItemRepo Auction (Sale of securities by RBI)Reverse Repo Auction (Purchase of securities by RBI)1. Applications received for three day repo period (i) Number (ii) Amount (Face value in Rs. crore) 1 7500 Nil NA2. Applications accepted for three day repo period (i) Number (ii) Amount (Face Value in Rs.crore) (iii) Cut-off Rate (per cent) 1 7500 7.00 NA NA NA

The Reserve Bank of India under the Scheme of Liquidity Adjustment Facility, has announced one day repo auction and reverse repo auction in Government of India dated securities and treasury bills of all maturities of 91, 182 and 364 day Treasury Bills on March 7, 2001 (Wednesday) for scheduled commercial banks and Primary Dealers holding SGL Account and Current Account with it at Mumbai. The eligible banks/institutions may submit separate applications before 11.00 a.m