The Reserve Bank has launched the 43rd round of the quarterly Services and Infrastructure Outlook Survey (SIOS) for the reference period October-December 2024. The survey assesses the business situation for the current quarter (Q3:2024-25) from selected companies in the services and infrastructure sectors in India and their expectations for the ensuing quarter (Q4:2024-25) based on qualitative responses on a set of indicators pertaining to demand conditions, financial conditions, employment conditions and the price situation. The outlook on key parameters for the two subsequent quarters (Q1:2025-26 and Q2:2025-26) are also covered.

Tenor 2-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 50,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 26,060 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 26,060 Cut off Rate (%) 6.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate NA

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on Overseas Direct Investment, both under Automatic Route and the Approval Route, for the month of September 2024.

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction on October 15, 2024, Tuesday, as under: Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 50,000 2 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM October 17, 2024 (Thursday) 2. The operational guidelines for the auction as given in the Reserve Bank’s Press Release 2019-2020/1947 dated February 13, 2020 will remain the same.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 532,740.60 6.26 4.50-6.50 I. Call Money 10,988.08 6.42 5.10-6.50 II. Triparty Repo 369,234.60 6.24 6.20-6.45 III. Market Repo 151,494.92 6.29 4.50-6.50 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,023.00 6.40 6.39-6.45

In terms of GOI Notification F. No. 4(7) – B (W&M) /2019 dated September 30, 2019 (SGB 2019-20 Series V - Issue date October 15, 2019) 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 due date of premature redemption of the above tranche shall be October 15, 2024.

Government of India (GOI) has announced the sale (re-issue) of three dated securities for a notified amount of ₹33,000 crore as per the following details: Sr No Security Date of Repayment Notified Amount (₹ Crore) GoI specific Notification Auction Date Settlement Date 1 7.02% GS 2031 Jun 18, 2031 10,000 F.No.4(3)-B(W&M)/2024 dated October 14, 2024 October 18, 2024 (Friday) October 21, 2024 (Monday) 2 7.23% GS 2039 Apr 15, 2039 13,000 3 7.09% GS 2054 Aug 05, 2054 10,000 Total 33,000

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated October 03, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹14.00 lakh (Rupees Fourteen Lakh only) on Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank (the bank), for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Strengthening of Prudential Norms- Provisioning Asset Classification and Exposure Limit’ 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 51(1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated October 07, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) on The Urban Co-operative Bank Limited, Dharangaon, Maharashtra (the bank), for non-compliance with the specific directions issued by RBI under Supervisory Action Framework (SAF). 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 (RBl) has, by an order dated October 03, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.75 lakh (Rupees Two Lakh Seventy Five Thousand only) on Jilla Sahakari Kendriya Bank Maryadit, Bhind, Madhya Pradesh (the bank) for contravention of the 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’. 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 and section 25 of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.