MUMBAI (Standard&Poor's) Oct. 19, 2009--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'BBB-' rating on State Bank of India's (SBI; BBB-/Negative/A-3) proposed senior unsecured notes issue under its existing US$5 billion medium-term notes (MTN) program. This issue will have a tenure of five years and will be issued through SBI's London branch. Standard&Poor's ratings on SBI's proposed debt issues under the US$5 billion MTN program remain as follows: 'BBB-' rating on the senior unsecured notes, 'BB+' rating on the lower Tier II subordinated notes, and 'BB' rating on the upper Tier II subordinated and hybrid Tier I notes. The lower Tier II subordinated notes will have a minimum maturity of five years, or 63 months (if