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It is hereby informed that the Reserve Bank of India issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to Durga Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd., Vijayawada vide Directive No. HYD.DOS.INSP4.No.S241/15-36-070/2022-2023 dated July 28, 2022 for a period of six months upto January 29, 2023 as modified from time to time, which were last extended up to close of business on January 29, 2024 vide Directive No. DOR.MON/D-81/12.24.020/2023-24 dated October 25, 2023.

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo auction on January 29, 2024, Monday, as under:  Sl. No.  Notified Amount (₹ crore)  Tenor (day)  Window Timing  Date of Reversal  1  25,000  2  10:30 AM to 11:00 AM  January 31, 2024  (Wednesday)   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.

Auction Results 7.37% GS 2028 7.18% GS 2033 7.46% GS 2073 I. Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore ₹16000 Crore ₹10000 Crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore ₹16000 Crore ₹10000 Crore III. Competitive Bids Received(i) Number 114 242 264

7.37% GS 2028 7.18% GS 2033 7.46% GS 2073 I. Notified Amount ₹7,000 crore ₹16,000 crore ₹10,000 crore II. Cut off Price / Implicit Yield at cut-off 101.25/ 7.0508% 100.02/ 7.1764% 101.44/ 7.3499% III. Amount accepted in the auction

Result of the 15-day Variable Rate Repo auction held on January 25, 2024 Tenor 15-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 2,50,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 3,08,024 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 2,50,010

In the underwriting auctions conducted on January 25, 2024 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:

The Reserve Bank of India, vide Directive DOS.CO.OCCD/185569/12.28.007/ 2021-22 dated January 28, 2022 issued under section 35A read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (AACS), had placed the Indian Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd., Lucknow (U.P)  under Directions from the close of business on January 28, 2022. The validity of these Directions was extended time-to-time, last being up to January 27, 2024.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range  A.  Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 508,252.59 6.77 5.00-7.90  I. Call Money 13,496.68 6.78 5.00-6.90 II. Triparty Repo 349,439.65 6.75 6.63-6.80 III. Market Repo 144,966.26 6.81 5.00-6.95

As part of the continuing engagement with the Directors of UCBs, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) held a Conference of Directors of select UCBs of Southern Zone in Hyderabad, on January 24, 2024. The theme of the Conference was ‘Governance in UCBs: Combating Cyber Threats and Enhancing Resilience’. The Conference was also attended by senior RBI officials including Executive Director and other officers of Department of Supervision, Department of Regulation and Regional Directors of RBI. Reserve Bank has previously engaged with the Directors of large UCBs in Mumbai in August 2023.

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo auction on January 25, 2024, Friday as under: