SINGAPORE (Standard&Poor's) March 26, 2007--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today it assigned its ratings to State Bank of India's (SBI) proposed debt issues under its US$5 billion medium-term note (MTN) program. Standard&Poor's rated SBI's proposed senior unsecured notes 'BBB-', its lower Tier II subordinated notes 'BB+', and its upper Tier II subordinated notes and hybrid Tier I notes 'BB'. The lower Tier II subordinated notes will have a minimum maturity of five years, or 63 months (if issued between Jan. 1 and March 31 of any year), and the upper Tier II subordinated notes will have a minimum maturity of 15 years. The hybrid Tier I notes are perpetual. The proposed MTN program is an