Government of India (GOI) has announced the sale (re-issue) of two dated securities for a notified amount of ₹22,000 crore as per the following details: Sr No Security Date of Repayment Notified Amount (₹ Crore) GoI specific Notification Auction Date Settlement Date 1 6.64% GS 2027 Dec 09, 2027 7,000 F.No.4(3)-B(W&M)/2024 dated January 06, 2025 January 10, 2025 (Friday) January 13, 2025 (Monday) 2 7.34% GS 2064 Apr 22, 2064 15,000 Total 22,000

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 01, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹15.00 lakh (Rupees Fifteen Lakh only) on The Nasik Merchant’s Co-operative Bank Ltd., Nashik, Maharashtra (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Loans and advances to directors, their relatives, and firms / concerns in which they are interested’. 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 Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on January 07, 2025, Tuesday, as under: Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 50,000 3 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM January 10, 2025 (Friday)

The Reserve Bank of India has today issued the Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Credit Information Reporting) Directions, 2025. The Master Direction consolidates the existing instructions on credit information reporting and dissemination, issued to the regulated entities (REs) of the Reserve Bank.

The Reserve Bank of India has launched the 68th round of its Order Books, Inventories and Capacity Utilisation Survey (OBICUS). The survey is for the reference period October – December 2024 (Q3:2024-25).

(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    -    -

MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 16,848.34 6.33 5.50-6.75 I. Call Money 1,014.25 6.12 5.75-6.60 II. Triparty Repo 15,521.00 6.34 6.18-6.75 III. Market Repo 313.09 6.34 5.50-6.55 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - - Term Segment I. Notice Money** 62.30 6.20 6.05-6.24 II. Term Money@@ 0.00 - - III. Triparty Repo 0.00 - - IV. Market Repo 0.00 - - V. Repo in Corporate Bond 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) 9,253.25 6.43 5.75-6.69 I. Call Money 834.65 6.11 5.75-6.60 II. Triparty Repo 6,299.90 6.44 5.75-6.69 III. Market Repo 44.00 6.40 6.40-6.40 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 2,074.70 6.51 6.52-6.50

To mark the 90th year of its service to the nation, the Reserve Bank of India, hosted RBI@90 All India Public Sector Badminton Tournament at Bengaluru from January 02-05, 2025. The tournament was played across 7 formats: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Men’s Team & Women’s Team.

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹21,500 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State Amount to be raised. (₹ Crore) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1. Assam 500 10 Yield 2. Bihar 1000 10 Yield 1000 15 Yield

On October 17, 2024, the Reserve Bank of India had, in exercise of its powers under Section 45L(1)(b) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, issued Directions to Arohan Financial Services Limited, Kolkata, to cease and desist from sanction and disbursal of loans, effective from close of business as of October 21, 2024.

The Government of India has announced the buyback of its Securities through auction for an aggregate amount of ₹25,000 crore (face value). The security-wise details of the buyback are as under: S.No. Security Date of Maturity 1 7.72% GS 2025 May 25, 2025 2 5.22% GS 2025 June 15, 2025 3 8.20% GS 2025 September 24, 2025 4 5.15% GS 2025 November 09, 2025 5 7.59% GS 2026 January 11, 2026

The Reserve Bank of India has sanctioned the Scheme of Amalgamation of The National Co-operative Bank Ltd., Bangalore (Karnataka) with Cosmos Co-operative Bank Limited (Maharashtra). The Scheme has been sanctioned in exercise of the powers conferred under Sub-Section (4) of Section 44A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. The Scheme will come into force with effect from January 06, 2025. The branches of The National Co-operative Bank Ltd., Bangalore (Karnataka) will function as branches of Cosmos Co-operative Bank Limited (Maharashtra) with effect from January 06, 2025.

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 January 08, 2025 (Wednesday) January 09, 2025 (Thursday) 2 182 Days 8,000 3 364 Days 8,000 Total 28,000

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Dec. 29 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 2579 19820 21841 2021 19262 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Auction Results 6.79% GS 2034 7.09% GS 2074 I. Notified Amount ₹22,000 crore ₹10,000 crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹22,000 crore ₹10,000 crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 400 218 (ii) Amount ₹71732.879 Crore ₹25785.000 Crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield 99.93 100.24 (YTM: 6.7979%) (YTM: 7.0717%)

6.79% GS 2034 7.09% GS 2074 I. Notified Amount ₹22,000 crore ₹10,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 99.93/6.7979% 100.24/7.0717% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹22,000 crore ₹10,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL

In the underwriting auction conducted on January 03, 2025, for Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) of the undernoted Government securities, 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) 6.79% GS 2034 22,000 11,004 10,996 22,000 0.13 7.09% GS 2074 10,000 5,019 4,981 10,000 0.19

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 5,47,234.14 6.26 5.10-6.65 I. Call Money 10,462.87 6.47 5.10-6.60 II. Triparty Repo 3,78,423.90 6.22 6.05-6.38 III. Market Repo 1,56,275.17 6.35 5.55-6.50 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 2,072.20 6.57 6.45-6.65

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated December 30, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹4.20 lakh (Rupees Four Lakh Twenty Thousand only) on Smriti Nagrik Sahakari Bank Maryadit, Mandsaur (MP) (the bank), for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Customer Service - UCBs’ and ‘Loans and advances to directors, their relatives, and firms / concerns in which they are interested’. 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 Banking Regulation Act, 1949.