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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 27, 2026, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹11.50 lakh (Rupees Eleven Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited (the company) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Fair Practices Code’ and ‘Internal Ombudsman for Regulated Entities’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under Section 58G(1)(b) read with Section 58B(5)(aa) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

The value of exports and imports of services during January 2026 are presented in the following table.

Reserve Bank of India announces the auction of Government of India Treasury Bills as per the following details: Sr. No. Treasury Bill Notified Amount (₹ crore) Auction Date Settlement Date 1 91-Day 14,000 March 04, 2026 (Wednesday) March 05, 2026 (Thursday) 2 182-Day 12,000 3 364-Day 8,000 Total 34,000

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Money Supply for the fortnight ended February 15, 2026.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2025 2026 Variation Feb. 21 Feb. 13 Feb. 20 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 22112 21576 16953 -4622 -5159 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Return (BSR)-1 on Credit by Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs)1- December 20252 on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in >Homepage > Publications). It captures various classificatory characteristics of bank credit such as occupation/activity/organisational sector of the borrower, types of accounts and their interest rates based on account-level reporting. Data reported by SCBs {excluding Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)} are presented across bank groups, population groups3 and States.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Return (BSR)-2 on Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – December 2025 ’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications).

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of January 2026, collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) which together account for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit by all SCBs, are set out in Statements I and II. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit grew by 14.4 per cent as on the fortnight ended January 31, 2026, compared to 11.3 per cent during the corresponding fortnight of the previous year (i.e., January 24, 2025).

Auction Results 6.48% GS 2035 I. Notified Amount 32,000 II. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 388 (ii) Amount 81,040.000 III. Cut-off price / Yield 98.36 (YTM: 6.7134%) IV. Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number 156 (ii) Amount 31,981.478

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 21-Feb-2025# 31-Jan-2026 15-Feb-2026 21-Feb-2025# 31-Jan-2026 15-Feb-2026 I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 272677.28 336474.48 345494.05 279042.72 344450.58 353928.33** b) Borrowings from banks 112778.14 81053.24 74299.22 112884.38 81307.96 74367.46 c) Other demand & time liabilities 36706.95 42057.26 36607.16 37065.37 42661.78 37201.53

6.48% GS 2035 I. Notified Amount ₹32,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 98.36 / 6.7134% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹32,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL

In the underwriting auction conducted on February 27, 2026, for Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) of the undernoted Government security, the Reserve Bank of India

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 6,65,515.84 4.89 3.00-6.10 I. Call Money 13,132.07 5.08 4.50-5.20 II. Triparty Repo 4,64,277.75 4.90 4.80-5.02 III. Market Repo 1,83,308.92 4.87 3.00-5.22 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 4,797.10 5.13 5.10-6.10

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹43,130 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised (₹ Crore) Additional Borrowing (Greenshoe) Option (₹ Crore) Tenor (Year) Type of Auction 1. Assam 1000 - 09 Yield 2. Chhattisgarh 1000 - 12 Yield 1000 - 17 Yield 3. Gujarat 1000 500 06 year and 06 months Yield 1000 500 10 Yield

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 23, 2026, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1 lakh (Rupees One Lakh only) on The Mahbubnagar District Co-operative Central Bank Ltd., Telangana (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 20 read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act). 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.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 23, 2026, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) on The Guntur Women Co-operative Urban Bank Limited, Andhra Pradesh (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’. 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.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 23, 2026, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2 lakh (Rupees Two Lakh only) on The Belagavi District Central Co-operative Bank Limited, Karnataka (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 20 read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Gold Loan – Bullet Repayment’ and ‘Exposure to Commercial Real Estate’. 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.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 23, 2026, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) on The Prakasapuram Co-operative Urban Bank Limited, Tamil Nadu (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Declaration of dividend by 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 organised a Workshop on Digital / Cyber Frauds for the Executive Directors and Heads of Fraud Risk Management of 60 major banks on February 24 and 25, 2026 at the Reserve Bank’s Central Office, Mumbai.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 13, 2026, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹3.10 Lakh (Rupees Three Lakh Ten Thousand only) on Vita Merchants’ Co-operative Bank Ltd., Vita, Maharashtra (the bank), for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Exposure Norms and Statutory / Other Restrictions – UCBs’ and ‘Fair Lending Practice - Penal Charges in Loan Accounts’. 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.

Government of India has announced the sale (re-issue) of Government Security, as detailed below, through auction to be held on February 27, 2026 (Friday). As per the extant scheme of underwriting commitment notified on November 14, 2007, the amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) auction, applicable to each Primary Dealer (PD), are 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) 6,88,419.31 4.90 1.00-6.05 I. Call Money 14,941.06 5.08 4.50-5.20 II. Triparty Repo 4,78,239.60 4.89 4.85-5.00 III. Market Repo 1,89,942.20 4.93 1.00-5.20 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 5,296.45 5.12 5.06-6.05 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 541.60 5.11 4.80-5.15 II. Term Money@@ 262.50 - 5.55-7.05

Government of India announces the conversion/switch of its securities through auction for an aggregate amount of ₹25,000 crore (face value). The security-wise details of the conversion/switch are given as under: Date of Auction    Source Securities    Amount (FV) of Source Securities (in ₹ crore)    Destination Securities March 02, 2026 (Monday)    5.63% GS 2026 (Maturing on Apr 12, 2026)    3,000 6.92% GS 2039 (Maturing on Nov 18, 2039) 7.33% GS 2026 (Maturing on Oct 30, 2026)    2,000 7.50% GS 2034 (Maturing on Aug 10, 2034) 

Today, the Reserve Bank released the data on performance of the private corporate business sector during the third quarter of 2025-26, drawn from abridged quarterly financial results of 3,188 listed non-government non-financial companies. This summary position also includes comparable data for Q2:2025-26 and Q3:2024-25 to enable study of sequential (q-o-q) and annual (y-o-y) change (web-link https://data.rbi.org.in/DBIE/#/dbie/reports/Statistics/Corporate%20Sector/Listed%20Non-Government%20Non-Financial%20Companies).

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the fortnight ended February 15, 2026.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) compiles the House Price Index (HPI) on a quarterly basis using transaction-level data received from the registration authorities. Today, the RBI released the HPI for Q3:2025-26 with base year as 2022-23, covering eighteen major cities . Highlights: • The House Price Index rose to 115.6 in Q3:2025-26, from 114.2 in the previous quarter, driven by rise in housing prices across major cities – Jaipur, Kanpur and Chennai – reflecting a quarter

The Reserve Bank of India issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, to The Yashwant Co-operative Bank Ltd., Phaltan vide Directive No. CO.DOS.SED.No.S1580/12-22-321/2025-26 dated May 28, 2025, for a period of six months up to close of business on November 29, 2025, which was extended up to close of business on February 28, 2026 vide Directive DOR.MON.D-41/12.28.017/2025-26 dated November 24, 2025. 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 the close of business on February 28, 2026.

Auction Results 91-Day 182-Day 364-Day I. Notified Amount 14,000 12,000 8,000 II. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 141 146 144 (ii) Amount 46,398.905 52,283.100 31,215.100 III. Cut-off price / Yield 98.6959 97.3262 94.7230 (YTM: 5.2998 %) (YTM: 5.5096 %) (YTM: 5.5863 %) IV. Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number 63 26 46 (ii) Amount 13,981.229 11,988.615 7,936.284

T-Bill 91-Day 182-Day 364-Day I. Total Face Value Notified ₹14,000 Crore ₹12,000 Crore ₹8,000 Crore II. Cut-off Price and Implicit Yield at Cut-Off Price 98.6959 (YTM:5.2998%) 97.3262 (YTM: 5.5096%) 94.7230 (YTM: 5.5863%) III. Total Face Value Accepted ₹14,000 Crore ₹12,000 Crore ₹8,000 Crore

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 7,07,032.41 4.91 3.50-6.05 I. Call Money 11,772.12 5.10 4.50-5.50 II. Triparty Repo 5,04,977.95 4.89 4.50-5.02 III. Market Repo 1,84,930.89 4.95 3.50-6.00 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 5,351.45 5.16 5.09-6.05 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 458.00 5.09 4.70-5.17 II. Term Money@@ 1,475.00 - 5.50-5.90

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on February 24, 2026, is as under: (Amount in ₹ Crore) ANDHRA PRADESH SGS 2042    ANDHRA PRADESH SGS 2047    BIHAR SGS 2041    BIHAR SGS 2054 Notified Amount    1500    1600    1500    1600 Tenor    16 -Years    21 -Years    15 -Years    28 -Years Competitive Bids Received    (i) No.    127    58    191    35 (ii) Amount    10494    5140    9338.50    4410 Cut-off Yield (%)    7.69    7.70    7.72    7.69 Cut off Price (₹)    100    100    100    100 Competitive Bids Accepted    (i) No.    12    1    53    2 (ii) Amount    1350    1507.161    1350    1582.678 Partial Allotment Percentage of Competitive Bids    

Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised (₹ Crore) Amount Accepted (₹ Crore) Cut off Price (₹)/ Yield (%) Tenor (Year) 1. Andhra Pradesh 1500 1500 7.69 16 1600 1600 7.70 21 2. Bihar 1500 1500 7.72 15 1600 1600 7.69 28 3. Chhattisgarh 1000 1000 7.64 14 1000 1000 98.78/7.7096 Re-issue of 7.59% Chhattisgarh SGS 2046, issued on January 07, 2026 4. Goa 100 100 7.50 10 5. Gujarat* 1000 1500 7.24 07 year and 06 months 1000 1000 7.40 10 6. Haryana 1000 1000 7.67 15

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 6,95,045.57 4.95 4.00-6.10 I. Call Money 14,798.66 5.11 4.50-5.50 II. Triparty Repo 4,92,630.95 4.93 4.75-5.04 III. Market Repo 1,82,003.61 4.99 4.00-5.85 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 5,612.35 5.15 5.06-6.10

Government of India (GoI) has announced the sale (re-issue) of one dated security for a notified amount of ₹32,000 crore as per the following details:

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Rural Consumer Confidence Survey (RCCS). The March 2026 round of the survey is being launched. The survey collects current perceptions and one year ahead expectations of households on general economic situation, employment scenario, overall price situation, own income and spending from the households residing in the rural and semi-urban areas across 31 states/ UTs viz., Andhra Pradesh,

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Urban Consumer Confidence Survey (UCCS). The March 2026 round of the survey is being launched. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households, regarding their sentiments on general economic situation, employment scenario, price level, households’ income and spending. The survey is conducted regularly in 19 cities, viz., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur 

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH). The March 2026 round of the survey is being launched. The survey aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, based on their individual consumption baskets, across 19 cities, viz., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households on price changes (general prices as well as prices of specific product groups

A. Source Security 6.97% GS 2026 6.97% GS 2026 5.74% GS 2026 8.15% GS 2026 8.24% GS 2027 8.24% GS 2027 B. Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 3,000 2,000 4,000 6,000 7,000 3,000 Destination Security 8.32% GS 2032 7.50% GS 2034 7.62% GS 2039 6.57% GS 2033 6.57% GS 2033 7.40% GS 2062 C. i. No. of offers received 23 21 6 7 13 2 ii. Total amount of Source Security offered (Face value, in ₹ crore) 3,352.363 2,410.968 1,123.583 5,305.000 5,745.000 2,025.000 iii. No. of offers accepted 17 10 4 6 9 0

The 621st meeting of the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India was held today at New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Shri Sanjay Malhotra, Governor. The Board assessed the global and domestic economic landscape, factoring in the challenges arising from geopolitical developments and financial market volatility. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, addressed and

In terms of Para 13 of the Consolidated Procedural Guidelines on the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular IDMD.CDD.1100/14.04.050/2021-22 dated October 22, 2021, premature redemption of the gold bonds is permitted after five years from the date of issue of such bonds. 2. Accordingly, the details of tranches falling due for premature redemption during the period April 01, 2026 – September 30, 2026, along with the window available for submission of request for premature redemption by the investors are 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) 13,242.77 4.80 4.00-5.30 I. Call Money 853.71 4.72 4.50-5.15 II. Triparty Repo 11,524.80 4.82 4.00-5.30 III. Market Repo 864.26 4.69 4.00-5.25 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - - B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 0.00 - - II. Term Money@@ 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) 10,526.88 4.93 4.00-6.05 I. Call Money 878.10 4.82 4.50-5.15 II. Triparty Repo 3,579.90 4.80 4.40-5.06 III. Market Repo 249.68 4.24 4.00-4.25 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 5,819.20 5.06 5.00-6.05 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 12,767.70 5.11 4.50-5.78

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹44,550 Crore (Face Value).

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 16, 2026, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹38.60 lakh (Rupees Thirty Eight Lakh Sixty Thousand only) on UCO Bank (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Periodicity of payment of interest on savings deposits’, ‘Locker Rent’ and ‘Credit Information Reporting in respect of Self Help Group (SHG) members’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with section 46(4)(i) and 51(1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and section 25(1)(iii) read with section 23(4) of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.

Reserve Bank of India announces the auction of Government of India Treasury Bills as per the following details: Sr. No. Treasury Bill Notified Amount (₹ crore) Auction Date Settlement Date 1 91-Day 14,000 February 25, 2026 (Wednesday) February 26, 2026 (Thursday) 2 182-Day 12,000 3 364-Day 8,000 Total 34,000 The sale will be subject to the terms and conditions specified in the General Notification F.No.4(2)-B(W&M)/2018 dated March 26, 2025, issued by Government of India, as amended from time to time. State Governments, Union Territories with legislature, eligible Provident

Today, the Reserve Bank released the February 2026 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes bi-monthly monetary policy statement (February 6, 2026), one speech, three articles and current statistics. The three articles are: I. State of the Economy; II. Union Budget 2026-27: An Assessment; and III. Retail Inflation Volatility in India: Sources, Determinants, and Implications.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2025 2026 Variation Feb. 14 Feb. 06 Feb. 13 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 25646 33996 21576 -12420 -4070 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off. 

The fifty-nineth meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), constituted under Section 45ZB of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, was held during February 4 to 6, 2026. 2. The meeting was chaired by Shri Sanjay Malhotra, Governor and was attended by all the members – Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Director and Chief Executive, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi; Shri Saugata Bhattacharya, Economist, Mumbai; Professor Ram Singh, Director, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi; Dr. Poonam Gupta, Deputy Governor in charge of monetary policy and Shri Indranil Bhattacharyya, Executive Director (the officer of the Reserve Bank nominated by the Central Board under Section 45ZB(2)(c) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934).

Auction Results 6.03% GS 2029 6.68% GS 2033 7.24% GS 2055 I. Notified Amount 9,000 11,000 13,000 II. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 59 163 239 (ii) Amount 19,913.100 31,664.000 31,070.000 III. Cut-off price / Yield 100.16 99.84 97.06 (YTM: 5.9676%) (YTM: 6.7080%) (YTM: 7.4885%)