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On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on May 14, 2024, Tuesday, as under:  Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 50,000 3 11:45 AM to 12:15 PM May 17, 2024 (Friday)  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. (Puneet Pancholy) Chief General Manager Press Release: 2024-2025/298

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume  (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 4,98,320.33 6.70 4.00-7.10 I. Call Money  9,701.29 6.72 5.50-6.90 II. Triparty Repo 3,14,173.55 6.70 6.25-6.80 III. Market Repo  1,73,494.49 6.69 4.00-6.85 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 951.00 6.89 6.85-7.10 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money**  97.25 6.48 6.20-6.72 II. Term Money@@ 537.50 - 6.50-7.10 III. Triparty Repo 1,426.00 6.85 6.70-6.90 IV. Market Repo 1,020.46 6.85 6.85-7.00 V. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - -

Government of India (GOI) has announced the sale (re-issue) of two dated securities for a notified amount of ₹20,000 crore as per the following details: Sr No Security Date of Repayment Notified Amount (Rs. crore) GoI specific Notification Auction Date Settlement Date 1 7.10% GS 2034 April 08, 2034 20,000 F.No.4(3)-B(W&M)/2024 dated May 13, 2024 May 17, 2024 (Friday) May 21, 2024 (Tuesday) 2 7.34% GS 2064 April 22, 2064 11,000 Total 31,000 

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the 42nd half-yearly report on management of foreign exchange reserves with reference to end-March 2024. The position of foreign exchange reserves as on May 03, 2024 is as under: US $ Billion Foreign Exchange Reserves (i+ii+iii+iv) 641.59 i. Foreign Currency Assets (FCA) 564.16 ii. Gold 54.88 iii. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 18.05 iv. Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) 4.50 * Difference, if any, is due to rounding-off.

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 March 2024.

Tenor 4-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 86,950 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 25,004 Cut off Rate (%) 6.66 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.68 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 20.94

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on May 13, 2024, Monday, as under:  Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 25,000 4 11:30 AM to 12:00 Noon May 17, 2024 (Friday)  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. (Puneet Pancholy) Chief General Manager Press Release: 2024-2025/292

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@  Volume  (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 0.00 - - I. Call Money 0.00 - - II. Triparty Repo 0.00 - - III. Market Repo 0.00 - - IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - - B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 0.00 - -

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 0.00 - - I. Call Money 0.00 - - II. Triparty Repo 0.00 - -

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 474,459.81 6.69 3.01-7.10 I. Call Money 10,213.83 6.73 5.50-6.85 II. Triparty Repo 299,050.05 6.71 6.67-6.87 III. Market Repo 164,279.93 6.67 3.01-6.90 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 916.00 6.89 6.85-7.10 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 1,242.54 6.65 5.40-6.80 II. Term Money@@ 643.00 - 6.90-7.05 III. Triparty Repo 2,925.40 6.87 6.55-7.05 IV. Market Repo 0.00 - - V. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - -

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Shri R. Lakshmi Kanth Rao as Executive Director (ED) with effect from May 10, 2024. Prior to being promoted as ED, Shri Rao was serving as Chief General Manager-in-Charge in the Department of Regulation.

The Government of India has announced the buyback of its Securities through auction for an aggregate amount of ₹60,000 crore (face value). The following securities will be offered for buyback:

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(25) - W&M/2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series VII - Issue date November 13, 2017) and F.No.4(22) – B(W&M)/2018 dated October 08, 2018 (SGB 2018-19 Series III - Issue date November 13, 2018) 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 tranches shall be May 13, 2024

In terms of GOI Notification F.No. 4(16) - W&M/2016 dated October 20, 2016 (SGB 2016-17 Series III- Issue date November 17, 2016) 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 May 17, 2024.

Reserve Bank of India announces the auction of Government of India Treasury Bills as per the following details: Sr. No. Treasury Bill Notified Amount (in ₹ Crore) Auction Date Settlement Date 1 91 Days 12,000 May 15,2024 (Wednesday) May 16,2024 (Thursday) 2 182 Days 7,000 3 364 Days 8,000 Total 27,000

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated May 09, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1,50,000/- (Rupees One Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on Sundaram Home Finance Limited (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the ‘Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Direction, 2016’ issued by RBI. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI conferred under section 52A of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987. The statutory inspection of the company was conducted by the National Housing Bank with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2022. Based on supervisory findings of non-compliance with RBI directions and related correspondence in that regard, a notice was issued to the company advising it to show cause as to why penalty should not be imposed on it for its failure to comply with the said directions.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated May 9, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹3,10,000/- (Rupees Three lakh Ten thousand only) on Belstar Microfinance Limited (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Direction, 2016, issued by RBI. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 58G read with clause (aa) of sub-section (5) of section 58B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹6500 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised (₹Crore) Additional Borrowing (Greenshoe) Option (₹Crore) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1 Andhra Pradesh 500 - 09 Yield 500 - 16 Yield 1000 - 21 Yield 1000 - 22 Yield 1000 - 23 Yield 2 Jammu & Kashmir 1000 - 25 Yield 3 Punjab 500 - 08 Yield 4 Telangana 1000 - 17 Yield Total 6500

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation May 5 Apr. 26 May 3 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 15455 13284 19755 6470 4300 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Auction Results 7.32% GS 2030 7.30% GS 2053 I. Notified Amount ₹11,000 crore ₹9,000 crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹11,000 crore ₹9,000 crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 234 306 (ii) Amount ₹ 42576 Crore ₹ 30974 Crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield 100.97 101.12 (YTM: 7.1309%) (YTM: 7.2066%)