Table 19: 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)
1-Apr-99	72,416	4,768	3,983	785	6.58
8-Apr-99	72,965	4,240	4,013	227	5.81
15-Apr-99	72,467	4,352	3,986	366	6.01
22-Apr-99	72,293	4,378	3,976	402	6.06
29-Apr-99	72,464	4,444	3,985	459	6.13
6-May-99	72,887	4,471	4,009	462	6.13
13-May-99	73,072	4,169	4,019	150	5.71
20-May-99	72,616	4,375	3,994	381	6.02
27-May-99	72,641	4,329	3,995	334	5.96
3-Jun-99	73,228	4,126	4,028	98	5.63
10-Jun-99	73,908	4,228	4,065	163	5.72
17-Jun-99	73,748	4,350	4,056	294	5.90
24-Jun-99	73,740	4,523	4,056	467	6.13
1-Jul-99	74,159	4,910	4,079	831	6.62
8-Jul-99	75,289	4,217	4,141	76	5.60
15-Jul-99	74,828	4,228	4,116	112	5.65
22-Jul-99	74,747	4,446	4,111	335	5.95
29-Jul-99	75,191	4,322	4,136	186	5.75
5-Aug-99	75,265	4,170	4,140	30	5.54
12-Aug-99	75,260	4,181	4,139	42	5.56
19-Aug-99	74,903	4,504	4,120	384	6.01
26-Aug-99	75,090	4,575	4,130	445	6.09
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
1 The deposit base is lagged by one week.