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The Reserve Bank of India had issued Directions to Ajantha Urban Co-operative Bank Maryadit, Aurangabad, Maharashtra under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 vide Directive No. NGP.DoS.SSM 3.No.S675/15.03.302/2023-2024 dated August 28, 2023, for a period of six months up to the close of business on February 29, 2024, which were last extended up to the close of business on May 29, 2024 vide Directive DOR.MON.D-130/12.22.740/2023-24 dated February 23, 2024.

Government of India (GOI) has announced the sale ( issue / re-issue ) of three dated securities for a notified amount of ₹ 29,000 crore as per the following details:

The Government of India has announced the buyback of its Securities through auction for an aggregate amount of ₹40,000 crore (face value). The following securities will be offered for buyback: Sr. No. Security Date of Maturity 1 7.35% GS 2024 June 22, 2024 2 8.40% GS 2024 July 28, 2024 3 FRB 2024 November 7, 2024 4 9.15% GS 2024 November 14, 2024

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated May 21, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 crore (Rupees One Crore only) on ICICI Bank Ltd. (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Loans and Advances – Statutory and Other Restrictions’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI conferred under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with section 46(4)(i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated May 17, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹91.00 lakh (Rupees Ninety One Lakh only) on Yes Bank Ltd. (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on 'Customer Service in Banks', and ‘Un-authorized Operation of lnternal/Office Accounts’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI conferred under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with section 46(4)(i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated May 24, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹20.00 lakh (Rupees Twenty Lakh only) on Bharati Sahakari Bank Limited, Pune (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Frauds monitoring and reporting mechanism’. 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 May 22­, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹25.00 lakh (Rupees Twenty Five Lakh only) on The Greater Bombay Co-operative Bank Limited, Mumbai (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Maintenance of Deposit Accounts – Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks’. 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 May 22, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on The Gandhinagar Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Gandhinagar, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Loans and Advances to directors, relatives and firms/concerns in which they are Interested’ read with ‘Loans and Advances to directors etc. - directors as surety/guarantors – Clarification’. 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.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the data[1] relating to financial performance of non-government non-financial (NGNF) foreign direct investment (FDI) companies in India during 2022-23 (https://cimsdbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/#/dbie/reports/Statistics/Corporate%20Sector/Finances%20of%20FDI%20Companies) based on audited annual accounts of 2,272 companies, which reported in the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind-AS) format for three accounting years from 2020-21 to 2022-23. Their economic sector classification is based on their principal business activity reported in MGT-7 form (https://www.mca.gov.in/MinistryV2/companyformsdownload.html) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, which is the primary source of these data. The paid-up capital (PUC) of these companies amounted to ₹5,44,014 crore, which accounted for 56.9 per cent of the total PUC of FDI companies that had reported in the 2022-23 round of the Reserve Bank’s annual census of foreign liabilities and assets of Indian direct investment companies.

A. Source Security 8.20% GS 2025 8.20% GS 2025 7.59% GS 2026 7.27% GS 2026 6.99% GS 2026 8.24% GS 2027 B. Notified Amount (amount in ₹ cr) 1,000 5,000 2,500 2,000 1,000 1,000 Destination Security 8.17% GS 2044 7.50% GS 2034 6.68% GS 2031 8.24% GS 2033 6.95% GS 2061 6.95% GS 2061 C. i. No. of offers received 3 5 3 5 4 4 ii. Total amount of Source Security offered (Face value in ₹ cr) 1,021.123 4,350.256 2,707.733 2,979.788 494.538 1,824.560 iii. No of offers accepted 3 3 1 1 3 4 iv. Total amount of source security accepted (Face value in ₹ cr) 1,000.000 2,350.256 2,500.000 2,000.000 445.963 1,000.000 v. Total amount of destination security issued (Face value in ₹ cr) 913.066 2,315.571 2,576.911 1,861.180 457.413 1,055.201 vi. Cut-off price (₹) / yield (%) for destination security 111.11/ 7.1307 103.00/ 7.0799 97.84/ 7.0612 107.91/ 7.0770 97.48/ 7.1435 97.48/ 7.1435