Press Releases

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – September 2023’ on its Database on Indian Economy (DBIE) portal3 (web-link: - https://dbieold.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=BsrPublications#!21).  Scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) {excluding regional rural banks (RRBs)} report branch-wise data on type of deposits (current, savings and term), its institutional sector wise ownership, age wise distribution of deposits pertaining to individuals, maturity pattern of term deposits as well as number of bank employees in the quarterly Basic Statistical Return (BSR) – 2 to the Reserve Bank. These data are disseminated at disaggregated level (viz., type of deposits, population groups, bank groups, states, districts, centres, interest rate ranges, size and original as well as residual maturity).

Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Returns (BSR)-1: Outstanding Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) - September 2023’ on its Database on Indian Economy (DBIE) portal1 (web-link: https://dbieold.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=BsrPublications#!12). It captures various characteristics of bank credit such as occupation/activity and organisational sector of the borrower, type of account and interest rates based on account-level reporting2. Data reported by 90 SCBs (excluding Regional Rural Banks) are presented for bank groups, population groups and states3.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item    2022    2023    Variation Nov. 25    Nov. 17    Nov. 24    Week    Year 1    2    3    4    5 4 Loans and Advances         4.1 Central Government    0    0    0    0    0 4.2 State Governments    2944    17338    16275    -1062    13331 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The value of exports and imports of services during October 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

Tenor 14-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 50,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 22,468 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 22,468 Cut off Rate (%) 6.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate NA Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1389

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.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs)    ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 18-Nov-22 03-NOV-2023* 17-NOV-2023* 18-Nov-22    03-NOV-2023* 17-NOV-2023* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 197683.51 242686.81 241123.31 200234.72 246100.18 244489.89 **  b) Borrowings from banks 59717.51 195603.02 186866.5 59825.5 195669.28 186961.73 c) Other demand & time liabilities 52717.05 72833.37 72004.03 53280.8    73572.49 72619.52

In the underwriting auctions conducted on December 01, 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:  (₹ crore) Nomenclature of the Security Notified Amount Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) Amount Additional Competitive Underwriting Amount Accepted Total Amount underwritten ACU Commission Cut-off rate (paise per ₹100)

The Reserve Bank of India issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to Musiri Urban Co-operative Bank Limited, Musiri vide Directive No. CHN.DoS.UCBs.No.S1135/12-01-849/ 2022-23 dated March 02, 2023, for a period of six months up to September 02, 2023, which was last extended up to December 02, 2023 vide Directive DOR.MON/D-63/12.25.135/2023-24 dated August 29, 2023. The Reserve Bank of India is satisfied that in the public interest, it is necessary to further extend the period of operation of the Directive beyond December 02, 2023.

The Reserve Bank of India issued Directions to Shree Mahalaxmi Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd., Dabhoi, under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (AACS), vide Directive AMD.DOS.SSM.No.S1561/11-03-203/2022-2023 dated March 02, 2023, for a period of six months up to September 03, 2023, which was last extended up to December 02, 2023 vide Directive DOR.MON/D-62/12.21.203/2023-24 dated August 29, 2023.