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)
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
4-May-00	82,096	4,732	4,515	217	5.76
11-May-00	82,775	4,587	4,553	34	5.54
18-May-00	82,305	4,736	4,527	209	5.75
25-May-00	82,081	4,799	4,514	285	5.85
1-Jun-00	82,266	4,574	4,525	49	5.56
8-Jun-00	83,011	4,767	4,566	201	5.74
15-Jun-00	83,177	4,798	4,575	223	5.77
22-Jun-00	83,092	4,885	4,570	315	5.88
29-Jun-00	83,376	5,392	4,586	806	6.47
6-Jul-00	84,375	4,722	4,641	81	5.60
13-Jul-00	84,659	4,760	4,656	104	5.62
20-Jul-00	84,213	4,793	4,632	161	5.69
27-Jul-00	83,793	4,708	4,609	99	5.62
3-Aug-00	84,045	4,916	4,623	293	5.85
10-Aug-00	84,625	4,842	4,654	188	5.72
17-Aug-00	84,474	4,701	4,646	55	5.56
24-Aug-00	83,945	4,775	4,617	158	5.69
31-Aug-00	83,958	4,744	4,618	126	5.65
7-Sep-00	84,189	4,842	4,630	212	5.75
14-Sep-00	85,037	4,794	4,677	117	5.64
21-Sep-00	84,885	4,930	4,669	261	5.81
28-Sep-00	84,986	5,028	4,674	354	5.92
1 The deposit base is lagged by one week.