Press Releases

The Reserve Bank of India has today, in exercise of its powers under section 45L(1)(b) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, has directed Bajaj Finance Ltd. (“the company”) to stop sanction and disbursal of loans under its two lending products ‘eCOM’ and ‘Insta EMI Card’, with immediate effect.

Government of India announces the conversion/switch of its securities through auction for an aggregate amount of ₹18,000 crore (face value). The security-wise details of the conversion/switch are given as under:

Date of AuctionSource SecuritiesAmount (FV) of Source Securities
(In ₹ crore)Destination Securities

Government of India (GOI) has announced the sale (re-issue) of three dated securities for a notified amount of ₹30,000 crore as per the following details:

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on November 13, 2023 is as under: (Amount in ₹ Crore) ANDHRA PRADESH 2038 ANDHRA PRADESH 2042 GOA 2033 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2038 Notified Amount 500 500 100 800 Tenure 15 19 10 15 Competitive Bids Received (i) No. 65 42 15 59 (ii) Amount 3105 3155 555 4015 Cut-off Yield (%) 7.72 7.69 7.70 7.74 Competitive Bids Accepted (i) No. 12 2 1 18 (ii) Amount 494.927 494.415 98.789 791.956

Sr. No State / UT Amount to be raised(₹ Crore) Amount Accepted(₹ Crore)    Cut off Yield(%) Tenure(Year)1    Andhra Pradesh 500 500 7.72 15500 500 7.69 19

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent)MONEY MARKETS@ Volume(One Leg) WeightedAverage Rate RangeA. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)    461,706.31 6.79    0.01-7.85

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent)MONEY MARKETS@ Volume(One Leg) WeightedAverage Rate RangeA. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)    0.00 - - I. Call Money 0.00 - -

The Reserve Bank today released data on India’s invisibles as per the IMF’s Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6) format for April - June of 2023-24.

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on Overseas Direct Investment, both under Automatic Route and the Approval Route, for the month of October 2023.

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(16) - W&M/2016 dated October 20, 2016 (SGB 2016-17, Series III - Issue date November 17, 2016) on Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, premature redemption of Gold Bond may be permitted after fifth year from the date of issue of such Gold Bond on the date on which interest is payable. Accordingly, the next due date of premature redemption of the above tranche shall be November 17, 2023.