(in per cent)

April

May

June

July

August

September

Items

2005

2005

2005

2005

2005

2005

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

a.

Cash Reserve Ratio

(1)

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

b.

Bank Rate

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

c.

Prime Lending Rate

(2)

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

d.

Deposit Rate (3)

5.25-6.25

5.25-6.25

5.25-6.25

5.25-6.25

5.25-6.25

5.25-6.25

e.

Call Money Rate(4)

Borrowing

(i)

High

5.25

5.25

5.75

5.60

6.15

5.90

(ii)

Low

2.00

3.25

2.50

2.50

0.60

3.00

Lending

(i)

High

5.25

5.25

5.75

5.60

6.15

5.90

(ii)

Low

2.00

3.25

2.50

2.50

0.60

3.00

October

November

December

January

February

March

Items

2005

2005

2005

2006

2006

2006

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

a.

Cash ReserveRatio (1)

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

b.

Bank Rate

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

c.

Prime Lending Rate (2)

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

10.25-10.75

d.

Deposit Rate (3)

5.25-6.25

5.25-6.25

5.50-6.50

5.50-6.50

6.00-6.50

6.00-7.00

e.

Call Money Rate (4)

Borrowing

(i)

High

5.90

6.80

7.55

8.25

7.30

8.25

(ii)

Low

3.50

1.50

4.50

5.50

5.00

4.75

Lending

(i)

High

5.90

6.80

7.55

8.25

7.30

8.25

(ii)

Low

3.50

1.50

4.50

5.50

5.00

4.75

Notes :
1. As applicable to Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) as on last Friday.
2. Prime Lending Rate (PLR) relates to five major banks.
3. Deposit rate relates to major banks for term deposits of more than one year maturity.
4. Data cover 90-95 per cent of total transactions reported by major participants.
Based on highs/lows of the the weeks ending on Fridays of the month.
Source: Weekly Statistical Supplement, various issues.