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The Reserve Bank of India today placed on its website a draft circular on Guidelines to facilitate faster cross-border inward payments. Comments / feedback on the draft Circular are invited from banks by November 19, 2025. The comments/ feedback may be submitted through the link under the ‘Connect2Regulate’ Section available on the Reserve Bank’s website. Comments may alternatively be forwarded to:

The rate of interest on Government of India Floating Rate Bond 2034 (GOI FRB 2034) applicable for the half year October 30, 2025 to April 29, 2026 shall be 6.54 per cent per annum. It may be recalled that FRB 2034 carries a coupon, which has a base rate equivalent to the average of the Weighted Average Yield (WAY) of last three auctions (from the rate fixing day i.e., October 30, 2025) of 182 Day T-Bills, plus a fixed spread (0.98 per cent).

Today, the Reserve Bank released the provisional results of the 2024-25 round of the annual census on foreign liabilities and assets (FLA) covering cross-border liabilities and assets of the Indian entities {viz., companies, limited liability partnerships (LLPs), alternative investment funds (AIFs) and partnership firms} with inward/outward direct investment (DI). Out of the 45,702 entities which responded in the latest census, 41,517 reported foreign direct investment (FDI) and/or overseas direct investment (ODI) in their balance sheet for March 2025. Of these entities, 33,637 had also reported in the previous census round and 7,880 have newly reported in the current round. Over three-fourths of the companies that reported inward direct investment were subsidiaries of foreign companies (i.e., single foreign investor holding more than 50 per cent of total equity).

     The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the fortnight ended October 24, 2025

(Amount in ₹ crore) Auction Results 91-Day 182-Day 364-Day I. Notified Amount 7,000 6,000 6,000 II. Competitive Bids Received

I. T-Bill 91-Day 182-Day 364-Day II. Total Face Value Notified ₹7,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore III. Cut-off Price and Implicit Yield at Cut-Off Price 98.6575 (YTM:5.4580%) 97.2840 (YTM: 5.5990%) 94.7275 (YTM: 5.5813%) IV. Total Face Value Accepted ₹7,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore

Reserve Bank of India had invited entries under the captioned scheme vide press release dated 05 June 2025. On evaluation of the entries received, it has been decided to award Dr. Keshav Prasad 'Saras', retired Associate Professor, Chandrashekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur under this scheme for his book “कृषि वित्त एवं सहकारिता’’.

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,50,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 58,512 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 58,512 Cut off Rate (%) 5.51 Weighted Average Rate (%) 5.51 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) NA

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 6,70,181.10 5.45 4.85-6.60 I. Call Money 19,292.87 5.56 4.85-5.68 II. Triparty Repo 4,47,488.75 5.41 5.01-5.55 III. Market Repo 1,99,766.93 5.53 5.00-5.75 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 3,632.55 5.73 5.65-6.60

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, as under:

It may be recalled that in February 2004, the Reserve Bank initiated the practice of compiling half-yearly reports on the management of foreign exchange reserves and making them public to promote greater transparency and enhance disclosure in the management of the country’s foreign exchange reserves.

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on October 28, 2025, is as under: (Amount in ₹ Crore) GOA SGS 2037 HARYANA SGS 2033 HARYANA SGS 2037 HARYANA SGS 2039 Notified Amount 100 1000 1000 1000 Tenor 12 -Years 8 -Years 12 -Years 14 -Years Competitive Bids Received (i) No. 17 51 67 68 (ii) Amount 670 5285 4995 3200 Cut-off Yield (%) 7.28 7.10 7.29 7.35 Cut off Price (₹) 100 100 100 100

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,50,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 1,25,521

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 6,62,548.17 5.52 4.85-6.60 I. Call Money 16,781.31 5.59 4.85-5.75 II. Triparty Repo 4,50,356.85 5.50 5.10-5.56 III. Market Repo 1,91,781.46 5.56 5.00-6.00 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 3,628.55 5.76 5.60-6.60

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 22, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1 lakh (Rupees One Lakh only) on The Tumkur District Co-operative Central Bank Limited, Karnataka (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 20 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.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 23, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on The Valparai Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd., Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Know Your Customer (KYC

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 23, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) on The Shevapet Urban Co-operative Bank Limited, Tamil Nadu (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI under ‘Exposure Norms and Statutory / Other Restrictions – UCBs’. 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 October 22, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) on Kamuthi Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd., Tamil Nadu (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘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, by an order dated October 22, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) on The Arantangi Co-operative Town Bank Limited, Tamil Nadu (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Declaration of dividend by UCBs’. 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.