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Monetary Policy Decisions After assessing the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at its meeting today (December 6, 2024) decided to:  Keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 6.50 per cent.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 596,951.64 6.54 5.00-6.90 I. Call Money 12,150.79 6.53 5.10-6.75 II. Triparty Repo 435,140.30 6.54 6.39-6.75 III. Market Repo 148,181.85 6.54 5.00-6.90 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,478.70 6.69 6.65-6.85

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated December 4, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on The Kulithalai Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd., Tamil Nadu (the bank) for non-compliance with specific directions issued by RBI under ‘Supervisory Action Framework (SAF)’ and certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Issue and regulation of share capital and securities - Primary (Urban) 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 Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated December 04, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.00 lakh (Rupees Two lakh only) on The Bapatla Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd., Andhra Pradesh (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’, ‘Exposure Norms and Statutory / Other Restrictions - UCBs’ and ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’. 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.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated December 05, 2024, a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five Lakh only) on Zila Sahkari Bank Ltd., Mirzapur (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 26A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act). 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.

Government of India has announced the sale (issue / re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on December 06, 2024. As per the extant scheme of underwriting notified on November 14, 2007, the amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) for the underwriting auction, applicable to each Primary Dealer (PD), are as under:

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 597,526.38 6.30 5.00-6.80 I. Call Money 11,409.18 6.42 5.10-6.60 II. Triparty Repo 432,238.60 6.30 6.24-6.62 III. Market Repo 152,284.90 6.31 5.00-6.80 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,593.70 6.45 6.40-6.55

The Reserve Bank of India issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to Sikar Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Sikar, Rajasthan vide Directive DCBS.CO.BSD-I/D-2/12.27.215/2018-19 dated October 26, 2018, for a period of six months up to May 09, 2019 as modified from time to time, which were last extended up to December 09, 2024 vide Directive DOR.MON/D-47/12.27.215/2024-25  dated August 29, 2024. The Reserve Bank of India is satisfied that in the public interest, it is necessary to further extend the period of operation of the Directive beyond December 09, 2024.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended November 29, 2024.

Auction Results 91 Days 182 Days 364 Days I. Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore ₹6000 Crore ₹6000 Crore II. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 102 62 88 (ii) Amount ₹ 23634.100 Crore ₹ 22334.650 Crore ₹ 19692.150 Crore III. Cut-off price / Yield 98.4225 96.8426 93.8865 (YTM:6.4287%) (YTM:6.5386%) (YTM:6.5295%) IV. Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number 24 7 20