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	May-00	Jun-00	Jul-00	Aug-00	Sep-00	Oct-00	Nov-00	Dec-00	Jan-01
			Rs million					(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	4,150	4,700	2,850	3,450	4,250	3,300	4,700	7,950	7,000
2.	Total Bids Received	3,462	2,440	3,489	3,681	4,596	5,528	5,758	5,318	5,559	4,954	4,658	2,886	2,285	2,974	3,530	2,669	2,423	5,696	6,392
	28-day 1	1,131	812	1,462	1,579	1,507	2,070	1,489	1,474	1,201	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	91-day	1,213	850	1,370	1,184	1,645	1,407	1,801	2,290	1,745	1,952	2,161	1,019	648	878	1,218	1,414	1,048	1,337	1,748
	182-day	224	438	256	348	564	897	1,035	727	1,032	1,340	991	653	325	256	384	119	311	819	974
	364-day	486	284	306	415	554	864	899	659	672	1,140	951	1,068	920	1,147	870	643	843	2,190	1,369
	728-day	408	56	95	155	326	290	534	168	910	522	554	147	392	693	1,057	493	221	1,350	2,301
3.	Total Bills Sold	3,448	2,392	3,088	3,214	3,241	4,196	5,494	5,317	4,072	3,050	4,049	2,672	2,208	2,816	3,480	2,414	2,152	5,185	5,543
	28-day 1	1,131	787	1,112	1,163	728	1,514	1,374	1,474	905	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	91-day	1,207	837	1,319	1,133	1,565	1,292	1,737	2,289	1,218	651	2,059	909	626	840	1,168	1,370	874	1,190	983
	182-day	217	438	256	348	518	770	953	727	585	861	910	581	301	256	384	88	311	803	974
	364-day	486	274	306	415	296	372	899	659	578	1,016	661	1,036	894	1,137	870	557	746	1,874	1,287
	728-day	407	56	95	155	134	248	531	168	786	522	418	147	386	583	1,057	399	221	1,318	2,299
			Per cent per annum					(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	10.87	__	__	__	__	__	__	__	__	__	__
	91-day	12.72	12.71	12.72	12.70	12.67	12.47	12.26	12.14	12.08	10.76	9.96	8.93	8.58	9.05	9.16	9.54	10.04	10.19	10.04
	182-day	12.78	12.76	12.79	12.78	12.73	12.63	12.47	12.49	12.34	11.19	10.96	10.25	9.36	9.46	9.42	9.98	10.29	10.49	10.54
	364-day	12.99	13.00	13.00	12.99	12.99	12.71	12.60	12.62	12.24	11.62	11.50	10.55	11.19	11.37	11.39	11.71	12.00	12.21	12.23
	728-day	13.10	13.10	13.10	13.10	13.10	12.93	12.94	12.95	12.79	11.97	11.93	11.25	11.94	11.89	11.93	12.08	12.37	12.50	12.50
5.	Overall Weighted Yield	12.75	12.73	12.72	12.71	12.57	12.26	12.16	11.99	12.01	11.38	10.64	9.97	10.33	10.61	10.59	10.48	10.99	11.55	11.66
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	10.54	10.04	10.08	10.32	9.96	10.16	10.77	11.29	11.05
Figures may not add up to totals 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.