The 35th Conference of the State Finance Secretaries was held in Mumbai on September 18, 2025. The theme of the Conference was ‘Journey towards Economic Prosperity through the Path of Fiscal Consolidation’ and was attended by Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India; the Finance Secretaries of 28 States and two Union Territories; and other officials from the Ministry of Finance, Government of India; Controller General of Accounts and the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Governor, Reserve Bank of India inaugurated the Conference.

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on Friday, September 19, 2025, as under:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has imposed, by an order dated September 15, 2025, a monetary penalty of ₹3.50 lakh (Rupees Three Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on The Jalgaon District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Maharashtra (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 ‘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 Section 46(4)(i) and Section 56 of the BR Act.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has imposed, by an order dated September 15, 2025, a monetary penalty of ₹4.50 lakh (Rupees Four Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on Chandrapur District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Maharashtra (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 26A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and non-compliance

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated September 15, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1 lakh (Rupees One Lakh only) on Yavatmal District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd.,

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 17, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹23,000/- (Rupees Twenty Three Thousand only) on The Ahmedabad Mercantile Co-operative Bank Limited, Ahmedabad (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Membership of Credit Information Companies by Co-operative Banks’. 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.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 17, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹3.75 lakh (Rupees Three lakh seventy five thousand only) on Bharat Co-operative Bank (Mumbai) Limited (the bank), for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Reporting of Unusual Cyber Security Incidents’. 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 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 July 2025.

Government of India has announced the sale (re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on September 19, 2025 (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) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 06-Sep-2024 22-Aug-2025* 05-Sep-2025* 06-Sep-2024 22-Aug-2025* 05-Sep-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 298116.19 346928.84 322142.98 302401.77 354508.87 329710.26** b) Borrowings from banks 128865.30 100383.06 96816.68 129153.89 100411.43 96885.30 c) Other demand & time liabilities 23518.75 24498.34 28046.56 23846.90 25023.28 28547.67 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposits (other than from banks) 21550315.52 23504534.61 23669753.44 22002066.95 23999553.75 24165517.81 i) Demand 2457243.56 2889394.78 2892106.55 2505648.23 2939197.45 2943330.22 ii) Time 19093071.95 20615139.83 20777646.89 19496418.71 21060356.30 21222187.60 b) Borrowings @ 843672.46 862408.87 816469.05 847826.98 866787.67 820798.87 c) Other demand & time liabilities 1052347.33 1033325.08 1115663.05 1066192.83 1047572.60 1131645.50 III BORROWINGS FROM R.B.I. (B) 7740.00 1818.00 3936.00 7740.00 1818.00 3936.00