Table 20: Maintenance of Cash Ratio by Commercial Banks
Week	Deposit	Average	Required	Excess	Average
Ended	Base1	Cash	Minimum	Cash	Cash
		Balances	Cash	Holdings	Ratios
		Held for	Balances
		the Week	5.5% of (1)	(2) - (3)	(2) / (1)
	(1)	(2)	(3)
	(Rs million)				(Per cent)
4-Nov-99	77,689	4,503	4,273	230	5.80
11-Nov-99	77,924	4,915	4,286	629	6.31
18-Nov-99	77,851	4,875	4,282	593	6.26
25-Nov-99	78,100	4,875	4,295	579	6.24
2-Dec-99	79,164	4,747	4,354	393	6.00
9-Dec-99	79,708	4,838	4,384	454	6.07
16-Dec-99	79,507	5,108	4,373	735	6.42
23-Dec-99	79,365	5,360	4,365	995	6.75
30-Dec-99	80,527	5,396	4,429	967	6.70
6-Jan-00	80,908	4,662	4,450	212	5.76
13-Jan-00	81,147	4,851	4,463	388	5.98
20-Jan-00	81,130	4,924	4,462	462	6.07
27-Jan-00	81,183	5,040	4,465	575	6.21
3-Feb-00	81,610	5,290	4,489	802	6.48
10-Feb-00	82,270	4,760	4,525	235	5.79
17-Feb-00	81,742	4,851	4,496	355	5.93
24-Feb-00	81,210	4,611	4,467	145	5.68
2-Mar-00	81,242	4,716	4,468	248	5.81
9-Mar-00	81,836	4,688	4,501	187	5.73
16-Mar-00	82,307	4,720	4,527	193	5.73
23-Mar-00	82,242	4,755	4,523	232	5.78
30-Mar-00	82,456	4,887	4,535	352	5.93
6-Apr-00	82,733	4,817	4,550	267	5.82
13-Apr-00	82,945	4,723	4,562	161	5.69
20-Apr-00	82,315	4,914	4,527	387	5.97
27-Apr-00	82,662	4,651	4,546	105	5.63
1 The deposit base is lagged by one week.