The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended January 26, 2024. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-24/1775

In Press Release dated March 11, 2022, the Reserve Bank of India, in exercise of its powers under section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, had directed Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL or the bank) to stop onboarding of new customers with immediate effect.

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of December 2023[1] collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks, accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed by all scheduled commercial banks, are set out in Statements I and II. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit[2] registered a growth of 15.8 per cent in December 2023[3] as compared with 15.3 per cent a year ago. Highlights of the sectoral deployment of bank credit3 are given below:

Auction Results  91 Days  182 Days  364 Days  I.  Notified Amount  ₹8000 Crore  ₹10000 Crore  ₹9000 Crore  II.  Competitive Bids Received     (i)  Number  61  155  171  (ii) Amount  ₹ 15785.354 Crore  ₹ 29501.950 Crore  ₹ 36960 Crore  III.  Cut-off price / Yield  98.2740  96.5415  93.3406  (YTM:7.0446%)  (YTM:7.1845%)  (YTM:7.1541%)  IV.  Competitive Bids Accepted      (i)  Number  41  63  29  (ii) Amount  ₹ 7966.076 Crore  ₹ 9967.904 Crore  ₹ 8984.529 Crore

91 days, 182 days and 364 days T-Bill Auction Result: Cut off

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent)  MONEY MARKETS@   Volume  (One Leg)  Weighted Average Rate  Range  A.  Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)  511,187.86  6.73  4.00-7.90  I. Call Money 10,407.63  6.75  5.00-6.86  II. Triparty Repo   353,862.90  6.70  6.25-6.76  III. Market Repo 146,412.33  6.79  4.00-6.91  IV. Repo in Corporate Bond   505.00  7.10  7.05-7.90

Based on an assessment of the prevailing and evolving liquidity conditions, the Reserve Bank of India has decided that an additional aggregate amount of ₹5,000 crore will be made available to the Standalone Primary Dealers (SPDs) under the Standing Liquidity Facility at the prevailing repo rate starting from January 31, 2024. The incremental limits for individual SPDs is being conveyed to them separately. All other terms and conditions of the facility shall remain unchanged.

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on January 30, 2024 is as under:

Sr. No. State Amount to be raised (₹ Cr) Amount Accepted (₹ Crore) Cut off  Yield (%) Tenure (Year) 1 Bihar 2000 2000 7.69 15 2 Chhattisgarh 1000 1000 7.65 9 3 Goa 100 100 7.65

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore)

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 521,748.18 6.77 5.00-7.90 I. Call Money 12,766.93 6.78 5.00-6.85 II. Triparty Repo    354,626.70 6.76 6.75-6.85 III. Market Repo 153,814.55 6.80 6.30-6.95 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond    540.00 7.15 7.05-7.90

Government of India (GOI) has announced the sale (re-issue) of four dated securities for a notified amount of ₹39,000 crore as per the following details:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated January 08, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) on Mula Sahakari Bank Ltd., Sonai, Dist. Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Exposure Norms and Statutory/Other Restrictions - UCBs’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated January 08, 2024,imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five lakh only) on Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Urban Co-operative Bank Limited, Amravati, Maharashtra (the bank) for contravention of specific directions issued by RBI under Supervisory Action Framework (SAF), and non-compliance with the RBI Directions on ‘Management of Advances-UCBs’ and ‘Know Your Customer (KYC) Directions, 2016’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 08, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/-  (Rupees Fifty thousand only) on Bhilai Nagrik Sahakari Bank Maryadit, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Know Your Customer (KYC) Direction, 2016’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. This action is based on the deficiency in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated January 08, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) on Krushiseva Urban Co-operative Bank Limited, Kole, Solapur, Maharashtra (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Loans and advances to directors, their relatives and firms/concerns in which they are interested’ read with RBI directions on ‘Board of Directors - UCBs’ and ‘Exposure Norms and Statutory/Other Restrictions – UCBs’  and for contravention of specific directions issued by RBI under the Supervisory Action Framework (SAF). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated January 08, 2024,imposed a monetary penalty of ₹75,000/- (Rupees Seventy five thousand only) on Jila Sahakari Kendriya Bank Maryadit, Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh (the bank) for contravention of the provisions of section 26A read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) read with the ‘Depositor Education and Awareness Fund Scheme, 2014’ (the Scheme). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act.

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo auction on January 30, 2024, Tuesday, as under:

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume  (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 0.00 - - I. Call Money 0.00 - - II. Triparty Repo 0.00 - - III. Market Repo  0.00 - - IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - - B. Term Segment I. Notice Money**  0.00 - - II. Term Money@@ 0.00 - - III. Triparty Repo 0.00 - -

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent)  MONEY MARKETS@   Volume  (One Leg)  Weighted Average Rate  Range  A.  Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)  0.00  -  -  I. Call Money 0.00  -  -  II. Triparty Repo   0.00  -  -  III. Market Repo 0.00  -  -  IV. Repo in Corporate Bond   0.00  -  -  B.  Term Segment I. Notice Money**     0.00  -  -  II. Term Money@@  0.00  -  -  III. Triparty Repo   0.00  -  -  IV. Market Repo   0.00  -  -  V. Repo in Corporate Bond   0.00  -  -