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The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹36,500 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised (₹ Crore) Additional Borrowing (Greenshoe) Option (₹ Crore) Tenor (Year) Type of Auction 1. Andhra Pradesh 1000 - Re-issue of 7.48% Andhra Pradesh SGS 2035, issued on January 28, 2026 Price 1200 - 13 Yield 1100 - 15 Yield 2. Assam 1000 - 15 Yield

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 29, 2026, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.70 lakh (Rupees Two Lakh Seventy Thousand only) on Northern Arc Capital Limited (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the ‘Reserve Bank of India [Know Your Customer (KYC)] Directions’ issued by RBI. 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.

Reserve Bank of India announces the auction of Government of India Treasury Bills as per the following details:

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of January 2026 are set out in Tables 1 to 7. Highlights: Lending Rates: • The weighted average lending rate (WALR) on fresh rupee loans of SCBs stood at 8.28 per cent in December 2025 (8.71 per cent in November 2025). • The WALR on outstanding rupee loans of SCBs declined to 9.06 per cent in December 2025 from 9.21 per cent in November 2025. • 1-Year median Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) of SCBs moderated to 8.40 per cent in January 2026 from 8.45 per cent in December 2025.

The value of exports and imports of services during December 2025 are presented in the following table.

As announced vide the Press Release 2025-26/1995 dated January 27, 2026, the Reserve Bank will be conducting OMO purchase auction of Government of India securities for an aggregate amount of ₹50,000 crore on February 05, 2026. 2. Accordingly, the Reserve Bank will purchase the following Government securities through a multi-security auction using the multiple price method:

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2025 2026 Variation Jan. 24 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 20495 20162 16817 -3345 -3678 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of December 2025, 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 December 31, 2025, compared to 11.1 per cent during the corresponding fortnight of the previous year (i.e., December 27, 2024). Highlights of the sectoral deployment of bank credit as on the fortnight ended December 31, 2025, are given below: • Credit to agriculture and allied activities registered a y-o-y growth of 12.1 per cent (12.5 per cent in the corresponding fortnight of the previous year).

(Amount in ₹ Crore) Auction Results 6.48% GS 2035 I. Notified Amount 32,000 II. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 394 (ii) Amount 75,494.200 III. Cut-off price / Yield 98.28 (YTM: 6.7229%)

Tenor 90-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 2,00,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 1,11,500 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 1,11,500 Cut off Rate (%) 5.26 Weighted Average Rate (%) 5.26 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) N.A.

6.48% GS 2035 I. Notified Amount ₹32,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 98.28 / 6.7229% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹32,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a second Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on Friday, January 30, 2026, as under: Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 2,00,000 90 1:00 PM to 01:30 PM April 30, 2026 (Thursday) 2. The operational guidelines for the auction will be same as given in Reserve Bank’s Press Release 2021-2022/1572 dated January 20, 2022. 3. Participants will also have an option to prepay the amount borrowed in the above auction, and the operational guidelines for the same are as under: i) Prepayment requests can be placed only through the Ekuber portal during 09:00–17:00 hours on working days in Mumbai.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 10-Jan-2025# 31-Dec-2025 15-Jan-2026 10-Jan-2025# 31-Dec-2025 15-Jan-2026 I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 271703.78 340111.14 334594.98 276454.35 347493.56 342296.21** b) Borrowings from banks 143463.79 84009.60 80440.83 143532.02 84135.04 80507.15 c) Other demand & time 

Tenor 90-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 95,062

In the underwriting auction conducted on January 30, 2026, for Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) of the undernoted Government security, the Reserve Bank of India has set the cut-off rates for underwriting commission payable to Primary Dealers as given below: Nomenclature of the Security Notified Amount (₹crore) Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) Amount (₹crore) Additional Competitive Underwriting Amount Accepted (₹crore) Total Amount underwritten (₹crore) ACU Commission Cut-off rate (Paise per ₹100) 6.48% GS 2035 32,000 16,002 15,998 32,000 0.75 Auction for the sale of security will be held on January 30, 2026.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 7,45,436.74 5.27 1.00-6.30 I. Call Money 19,688.01 5.31 4.50-5.50 II. Triparty Repo 5,21,347.75 5.27 5.18-5.50 III. Market Repo 2,00,879.68 5.26 1.00-5.91 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 3,521.30 5.41 5.35-6.30 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 491.50 5.32 4.85-5.35

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 23, 2026, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) on Rajapur Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Rajapur, Maharashtra (the bank), for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Loans and advances to directors 

I. Summary OMO Purchase Results Aggregate Amount (Face value) notified by RBI : ₹50,000 crore Total amount offered (Face value) by participants : ₹80,780 crore Total amount accepted (Face value) by RBI : ₹50,000 crore

Security 6.75% GS 2029 7.17% GS 2030 7.95% GS 2032 7.26% GS 2033 6.22% GS 2035 7.18% GS 2037 7.30% GS 2053 Total amount notified Aggregate amount of ₹50,000 crore (No security-wise notified amount) Total amount (Face Value) accepted by RBI (₹ in crore) 5,254 11,264 9,185 14,150 2,304 2,583 5,260 Cut off yield (%) 6.1798 6.4219 6.7099 6.7503 6.7109 6.9509 7.3605 Cut off price (₹) 101.94 102.71 106.50 102.81 96.68 101.79 99.28

Government of India has announced the sale (re-issue) of Government Security, as detailed below, through auction to be held on January 30, 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: (₹ crore) Security Notified Amount MUC amount per PD Minimum bidding commitment per PD under ACU auction 6.48% GS 2035 32,000 762 762