Table 16: Auctions of Treasury Bills: Maturity-wise
		Jul-99	Aug-99	Sep-99	Oct-99	Nov-99	Dec-99	Jan-00	Feb-00	Mar-00	Apr-00
			Rs million
1.	Amount of Bills put on Tender	4,950	3,700	3,800	4,900	5,000	6,450	6,600	6,300	6,300	4,900
2.	Total Bids Received	3,462	2,440	3,489	3,681	4,596	5,528	5,758	5,318	5,559	4,954
	28-day 1	1,131	812	1,462	1,579	1,507	2,070	1,489	1,474	1,201	0
	91-day	1,213	850	1,370	1,184	1,645	1,407	1,801	2,290	1,745	1,952
	182-day	224	438	256	348	564	897	1,035	727	1,032	1,340
	364-day	486	284	306	415	554	864	899	659	672	1,140
	728-day	408	56	95	155	326	290	534	168	910	522
3.	Total Bills Sold	3,448	2,392	3,088	3,214	3,241	4,196	5,494	5,317	4,072	3,050
	28-day 1	1,131	787	1,112	1,163	728	1,514	1,374	1,474	905	0
	91-day	1,207	837	1,319	1,133	1,565	1,292	1,737	2,289	1,218	651
	182-day	217	438	256	348	518	770	953	727	585	861
	364-day	486	274	306	415	296	372	899	659	578	1,016
	728-day	407	56	95	155	134	248	531	168	786	522
			Per cent per annum
4.	Weighted Average Yield
	28-day 1	12.56	12.61	12.60	12.54	11.99	11.68	11.23	11.13	8.51	__
	91-day	12.72	12.71	12.72	12.70	12.67	12.47	12.26	12.14	12.08	10.76
	182-day	12.78	12.76	12.79	12.78	12.73	12.63	12.47	12.49	12.34	11.19
	364-day	12.99	13.00	13.00	12.99	12.99	12.71	12.60	12.62	12.25	11.62
	728-day	13.10	13.10	13.10	13.10	13.10	12.93	12.94	12.95	12.79	11.97
5.	Overall Weighted Yield	12.75	12.73	12.72	12.71	12.57	12.26	12.16	11.99	11.49	11.25
6.	Bank Rate (Simple Average)	12.69	12.74	12.72	12.69	12.60	12.36	12.06	11.95	11.71	11.23
Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.
1 As from November 1999, 30-day Treasury Bill was replaced by 28-day Treasury Bill. As from April 2000, the issue of 28-day Treasury Bills was discontinued.