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)
2-Sep-99	75,354	4,665	4,145	520	6.19
9-Sep-99	76,238	4,505	4,193	312	5.91
16-Sep-99	76,623	4,752	4,214	538	6.20
23-Sep-99	76,654	4,798	4,216	582	6.26
30-Sep-99	77,571	4,933	4,266	667	6.36
7-Oct-99	78,343	4,763	4,309	454	6.08
14-Oct-99	78,470	4,699	4,316	383	5.99
21-Oct-99	77,670	4,595	4,272	323	5.92
28-Oct-99	77,697	4,559	4,273	286	5.87
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
1 The deposit base is lagged by one week.