Press Releases

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in exercise of its powers under Section 36AAA read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (as applicable to Co-operative Societies), had superseded the Board of Directors of Abhyudaya Cooperative Bank Ltd., Mumbai, for 12 months on November 24, 2023, due to material concerns arising from poor governance standards observed within the bank.

Government of India (GOI) has announced the sale (issue / re-issue) of two dated securities for a notified amount of ₹32,000 crore as per the following details: Sr No Security Date of Repayment Notified Amount (₹ Crore) GoI specific Notification Auction Date Settlement Date 1 6.79% GS 2034 Oct 07, 2034 22,000 F.No.4(3)-B(W&M)/2024 dated November 18, 2024 November 22, 2024 (Friday) November 25, 2024 (Monday) 2 New GS 2074 Nov 25, 2074 10,000 Total 32,000

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.(25)–W&M /2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series VIII - Issue date November 20, 2017) on Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, premature redemption of Gold Bond may be permitted after fifth year from the date of issue of such Gold Bond on the date on which interest is payable.  Accordingly, the next due date of premature redemption of the above tranche shall be November 19, 2024(November 20, 2024 being a holiday).

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated November 12, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000 (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) on The Mansa Nagarik Sahakari Bank Ltd., Dist. Gandhinagar, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Interest Rate on Deposits’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI, conferred 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 (RBI) has, by an order dated November 12, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.50 lakh (Rupees One Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on M.S. Co-operative Bank Ltd., Vadodara, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Interest Rate on Deposits’ and ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI, conferred 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 (RBI) has, by an order dated November 12, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.50 lakh (Rupees One Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on The Vepar Udhyog Vikas Sahakari Bank Limited, Dist. Dahod, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Maintenance of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)’ and ‘Know Your Customer (KYC) norms’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI, conferred 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 (RBI) has, by an order dated November 13, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹4.10 lakh (Rupees Four Lakh Ten Thousand only) on The National Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Bettiah, Bihar (the bank) for contravention of provisions of section 26A read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and non – compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Membership of Credit Information Companies (CICs) by Co-operative Banks’ and ‘Master Direction - Know Your Customer (KYC) Direction, 2016’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI, conferred under section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act and section 25 of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated November 13, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.25 lakh (Rupees One Lakh Twenty Five Thousand only) on The Nawadah Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Bihar (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Membership of Credit Information Companies (CICs) by Co-operative Banks’ and ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’ . This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI, conferred under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and section 25 of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction on November 19, 2024, Tuesday, as under:

The Reserve Bank today held a Conference in Mumbai of the Directors on the Boards of Private Sector Banks on the theme ‘Transformative Governance through Sound Boards’. This is the second annual Conference organised by the Reserve Bank with the Boards of Private Sector Banks as part of a series of engagements with Boards of RBI’s Supervised Entities. The Conference had participation of over 200 Directors of Private Sector Banks, including Chairmen and Managing Directors & Chief Executive Officers.