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New GS 20267.18% GS 20377.25% GS 2063 I.Notified Amount₹8,000 crore₹10,000 crore₹12,000 crore II.Cut off Price / Implicit Yield at cut-off7.33%97.62/7.4580%96.38/7.5373%

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 30, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹10 lakh (Rupees Ten lakh only) on Mercedes-Benz Financial Services India Private Limited (formerly known as Daimler Financial Services India Private Limited) (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Direction, 2016. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 58G read with clause (aa) of sub-section (5) of Section 58B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 25, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹13.38 lakh (Rupees Thirteen lakh and thirty eight thousand only) on Kosamattam Finance Limited, Kottayam (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the “Non-Banking Financial Company - Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company and Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016”. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 25(1)(iii) read with Section 23(4) of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (CIC (R) Act) and Section 58G (1)(b) read with Section 58B(5)(aa) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (RBI Act).

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 30, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹30 lakh (Rupees Thirty lakh only) on Federal Bank Ltd. (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions contained in ‘Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI conferred under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with Section 46 (4) (i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 30, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹72 lakh (Rupees Seventy Two lakh only) on Punjab National Bank (the bank) for non-compliance with certain provisions of ‘Reserve Bank of India (Interest Rate on Deposits) Directions, 2016’, ‘Reserve Bank of India (Interest Rate on Advances) Directions, 2016’ and ‘Master Circular on Customer Service in Banks’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI conferred under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with Sections 46 (4) (i) and 51(1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

In the underwriting auctions conducted on November 03, 2023 for Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) of the undernoted Government securities, the Reserve Bank of India has set the cut-off rates for underwriting commission payable to Primary Dealers as given below:

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent)MONEY MARKETS@ Volume(One Leg) WeightedAverage Rate RangeA. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)    489,926.16 6.72    5.00-7.80 I. Call Money    11,504.01 6.71 5.00-6.85

Auction Results    7.37% GS 2028    7.18% GS 2033    New GS 2073I. Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore ₹13000 Crore ₹10000 CroreII. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore ₹13000 Crore ₹10000 CroreIII. Competitive Bids Received

Tenor 14-dayNotified Amount (in ₹ crore) 50,000Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 20,482Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 20,482

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹25,750 Crore (Face Value).

Sr. No.State / UTAmount to be raised
(₹ Cr)Additional Borrowing (Greenshoe) Option
(₹ Cr)Tenure
(Year)Type of Auction

1Assam1000-10Yield

2Bihar2000-15Yield

3Goa100-10Yield

4Haryana1000-12Yield

5Jammu and Kashmir900-27Yield

6Karnataka3000-

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo auction on November 03, 2023, Friday, as under:

(Amount in ₹ crore)SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS(Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS21-Oct-22 06-OCT-2023* 20-OCT-2023* 21-Oct-22 06-OCT-2023*    20-OCT-2023* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 186189.57 237269.35 239035.24 189070.38 239604.43 244239.27 **

Government of India has announced the sale (issue/re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on November 03, 2023.

As per the extant scheme of underwriting notified on November 14, 2007, the amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) for the underwriting auction, applicable to each Primary Dealer (PD), are as under:

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent)MONEY MARKETS@ Volume(One Leg) WeightedAverage Rate RangeA. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)    476,194.62 6.76    5.00-7.85 I. Call Money    11,269.08 6.77 5.50-6.90

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Shri Manoranjan Mishra as Executive Director (ED) with effect from November 01, 2023.

Prior to being promoted as ED, Shri Mishra was serving as Chief General Manager in the Department of Regulation.

Shri Mishra has experience of over three decades in the Reserve Bank having worked in the areas of regulation of banks and NBFCs, supervision of banks and currency management. He has served as a member in several Working Groups at the national and international levels contributing to formulation of regulatory/ supervisory policies.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) vide public document ‘High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action’ – October 2023, has called on its members and other jurisdictions to refer to the statement on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran adopted in February 2020 which remains in effect. Further, Myanmar was added to the list of High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action in the October 2022 FATF plenary and FATF has called on its members and other jurisdictions to apply enhanced due diligence measures proportionate to the risk arising from Myanmar. When applying enhanced due diligence measures, countries have been advised to ensure that flows of funds for humanitarian assistance, legitimate NPO activity and remittances are not disrupted. The status of Myanmar in the list of countries subject to a call for action, remains unchanged.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had announced the withdrawal of ₹2000 denomination banknotes from circulation vide Press Release 2023-2024/257 dated May 19, 2023. The status of withdrawal of ₹2000 banknotes has been periodically published by the RBI.

2. The facility for deposit and / or exchange of the ₹2000 banknotes was available at all bank branches in the country initially upto September 30, 2023, which was later extended upto October 07, 2023.

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of October 2023 are set out in Tables 1 to 7.

Highlights:

Lending Rates:

The value of exports and imports of services during September 2023 is given in the following table.International Trade in Services(US$ Million)Month    Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports)July – 2023 26,228(8.1) 13,754(-2.2)August – 2023 28,719(8.4) 15,103(-0.8)

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on External Commercial Borrowings (ECB), Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB) and Rupee Denominated Bonds (RDB) both, through Automatic Route and Approval Route, for the month of September 2023.

Shweta Sharma       
Deputy General Manager

Press Release: 2023-2024/1219