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The Reserve Bank of India has launched the 69th round of its Order Books, Inventories and Capacity Utilisation Survey (OBICUS). The survey is for the reference period January – March 2025 (Q4:2024-25). The Reserve Bank has been conducting the Order Books, Inventories and Capacity Utilisation Survey (OBICUS) of the manufacturing sector on a quarterly basis since 2008. The information collected in the survey includes quantitative data on new orders received during the reference quarter, backlog of orders at the beginning of the quarter, pending orders at the end of the quarter, total inventories with a breakup between finished goods (FG), work

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 March 2025.

Tenor 4-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 14,317 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 14,317 Cut off Rate (%) 6.01 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.01 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) NA

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 - -

In the underwriting auction conducted on April 11, 2025, 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) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 6,28,278.22 5.80 1.00-6.95 I. Call Money 14,256.06 5.91 5.00-6.10 II. Triparty Repo 3,97,245.15 5.76 5.52-5.92 III. Market Repo 2,15,209.76 5.86 1.00-6.95 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,567.25 6.08 6.05-6.40

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹3,000 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised (₹Crore) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1. Chhattisgarh 1000 Re-issue of 6.53% Chhattisgarh SDL 2028, issued on September 15, 2021 Price 2. Tamil Nadu 1000 10 Yield 3. Telangana 1000 31 Yield Total 3000 The auction will be conducted on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber) system on April 15, 2025 (Tuesday

The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 3,20,000/- (Rupees Three Lakhs Twenty Thousand only) on Citibank N.A. in exercise of powers vested in the Reserve Bank under the provisions of Section 11(3) of FEMA, 1999, for not undertaking due diligence while processing the inward remittances from a Foreign Currency Account opened by a constituent, resulting in contravention of Section 10 (4) of FEMA, 1999.

As announced vide the Press Release 2024-2025/1933 dated January 15, 2025, the Reserve Bank will be conducting daily Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auctions on all working days in Mumbai with reversal taking place on the next working day, until further notice.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been operating the Regulatory Sandbox (RS) framework since 2019, as part of which four thematic cohorts have been announced and completed till date. Based on the experience gained and feedback received from stakeholders, an ‘On Tap’ application facility for themes of closed cohorts was announced in October 2021.