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)
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
5-Oct-00	85,490	4,805	4,702	103	5.62
12-Oct-00	86,100	4,833	4,736	97	5.61
19-Oct-00	85,591	4,934	4,708	226	5.76
26-Oct-00	85,165	4,865	4,684	181	5.71
2-Nov-00	85,239	4,806	4,688	118	5.64
9-Nov-00	86,090	4,787	4,735	52	5.56
16-Nov-00	86,023	4,852	4,731	121	5.64
23-Nov-00	85,761	4,813	4,717	96	5.61
30-Nov-00	87,791	5,125	4,829	296	5.84
7-Dec-00	88,726	5,058	4,880	178	5.70
14-Dec-00	87,987	5,069	4,839	230	5.76
21-Dec-00	87,118	6,034	4,791	1,243	6.93
28-Dec-00	87,392	5,365	4,807	558	6.14
4-Jan-01	88,492	5,091	4,867	224	5.75
11-Jan-01	88,413	5,059	4,863	196	5.72
18-Jan-01	88,501	5,119	4,868	251	5.78
25-Jan-01	88,389	4,944	4,861	83	5.59
1-Feb-01	88,422	5,240	4,863	377	5.93
8-Feb-01	88,729	5,064	4,880	184	5.71
15-Feb-01	88,613	5,004	4,874	130	5.65
22-Feb-01	88,456	4,947	4,865	82	5.59
1 The deposit base is lagged by one week.