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
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
1 The deposit base is lagged by one week.
Table 21: Cheque Clearances
	Number	Amount	Number	Daily Average
	of	(Rs'000)	of	Number  of	Amount
	Cheques		Days	Cheques	(Rs'000)
Feb-99	341,678	12,465,665	16	21,355	779,104
Mar-99	515,004	16,069,912	20	25,750	803,496
Apr-99	514,027	15,197,677	22	23,365	690,804
May-99	520,551	14,523,522	21	24,788	691,596
Jun-99	509,750	16,232,569	22	23,170	737,844
Jul-99	495,177	15,739,859	22	22,508	715,448
Aug-99	480,139	15,581,240	22	21,825	708,238
Sep-99	472,563	15,461,758	21	22,503	736,274
Oct-99	468,248	16,345,344	21	22,298	778,350
Nov-99	500,028	18,358,375	21	23,811	874,208
Dec-99	518,646	23,056,303	22	23,575	1,048,014
Jan-00	430,643	16,531,009	19	22,665	870,053
Feb-00	445,012	17,369,396	21	21,191	827,114
Mar-00	500,745	19,005,807	23	21,772	826,339
Apr-00	448,771	16,051,942	19	23,620	844,839
May-00	492,338	18,238,238	22	22,379	829,011
Jun-00	497,217	21,225,888	22	22,601	964,813
Jul-00	469,428	17,643,100	21	22,354	840,148
Aug-00	490,246	17,173,780	22	22,284	780,626
Sep-00	428,957	15,781,900	19	22,577	830,626
Oct-00	485,482	19,433,796	21	23,118	925,419