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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 03, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹25,000/- (Rupees Twenty-five thousand only) on The Arcot Co-operative Urban Bank Limited, 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 January 03, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) on The Tamilnadu Circle Postal Co-operative Bank Limited, 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 January 03, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) on Virudhunagar Co-operative Urban Bank Limited, Virudhunagar, 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.

Government of India (GOI) has announced the sale (re-issue) of three dated securities for a notified amount of ₹36,000 crore as per the following details: Sr No Security Date of Repayment Notified Amount (₹ Crore) GoI specific Notification Auction Date Settlement Date 1 6.75% GS 2029 Dec 23, 2029 14,000 F.No.4(3)-B(W&M)/2024 dated January 13, 2025 January 17, 2025 (Friday) January 20, 2025 (Monday) 2 6.92% GS 2039 Nov 18, 2039 12,000 3 7.09% GS 2054 Aug 05, 2054 10,000 Total 36,000

The Reserve Bank of India vide directive CO.DOS.SED. No. S370/45-11-001/2024-2025 dated April 15, 2024, had placed Sarvodaya Co-operative Bank Ltd., Mumbai under Directions for a period of six months up to the close of business on October 15, 2024, which was modified from time to time and the latest being upto January 15, 2025.

The following seven Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) have surrendered the Certificate of Registration (CoR) granted to them by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The RBI, in exercise of powers conferred on it under Section 45-IA (6) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, has therefore cancelled their CoR.

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 - - 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) 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 - - II. Term Money@@ 0.00 - - III. Triparty Repo 0.00 - - IV. Market Repo 0.00 - - V. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - -

Tenor 4-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 50,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 86,155 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 50,008 Cut off Rate (%) 6.52 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.53 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 32.03

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on January 13, 2025, Monday, 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) 5,53,412.76 6.78 4.00-7.14 I. Call Money 9,049.26 6.88 5.10-7.10 II. Triparty Repo 3,73,967.40 6.73 6.32-6.85 III. Market Repo 1,68,607.40 6.89 4.00-7.10 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,788.70 7.08 7.05-7.14

The Government of India has announced the buyback of its Securities through auction for an aggregate amount of ₹30,000 crore (face value). The security-wise details of the buyback are as under:

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 15, 2025 (Wednesday) January 16, 2025 (Thursday) 2 182 Days 8,000 3 364 Days 8,000 Total 28,000 The sale will be subject to the terms and conditions specified in the
 

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹17,919 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised (₹ Crore) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1 Bihar 1000 10 Yield 1000 15 Yield 2 Gujarat 2000 10 Yield 3 Haryana 1000 13 Yield

The Reserve Bank of India issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to National Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh vide Directive CO.DOS.SED.No.S369/45-11-001/2024-25 dated April 15, 2024, for a period of six months up to October 15, 2024, which was subsequently extended for a period of three months, up to close of business on January 15, 2025 vide Directive DOR.MON/D-60/12.28.017/2024-25 dated October 14, 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 the close of business on January 15, 2025.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Jan. 5 Dec. 27 Jan. 3 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 21139 21841 36637 14796 15498 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Auction Results 6.64% GS 2027 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹7,000 crore ₹15,000 crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹7,000 crore ₹15,000 crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 137 298 (ii) Amount ₹27657.000 Crore ₹36509.000 Crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield 99.86 103.70 (YTM:6.6906%) (YTM:7.0593%) V. Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number 43 116 (ii) Amount ₹6990.815 Crore ₹14976.248 Crore VI. Partial Allotment Percentage of Competitive Bids 55.62% 66.84% (10 Bids) (15 Bids)

Tenor 4-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 50,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 74,480 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 50,005 Cut off Rate (%) 6.52 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.54 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 41.71

6.64% GS 2027 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹7,000 crore ₹15,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 99.86/6.6906% 103.70/7.0593% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹7,000 crore ₹15,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a second Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on January 10, 2025, Friday, as under:

Tenor 14-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 2,25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 2,77,743 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 2,25,006 Cut off Rate (%) 6.51 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.55 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 38.07

In the underwriting auction conducted on January 10, 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) 6.64% GS 2027 7,000 3,507 3,493 7,000 0.06 7.34% GS 2064 15,000 7,518 7,482 15,000 0.16

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 5,51,220.90 6.79 5.00-7.25 I. Call Money 10,734.83 6.83 5.10-7.05 II. Triparty Repo 3,77,450.65 6.75 6.73-6.80 III. Market Repo 1,61,251.72 6.87 5.00-7.20 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,783.70 6.96 6.93-7.25

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 03, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) on Belgaum District Revenue Employees’ Co-operative Bank Limited, Belgaum, Karnataka (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 January 03, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) on Batlagundu Co-operative Urban Bank Limited, Dindigul, 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 January 03, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) on The Sivakasi Co-operative Urban Bank Limited, 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 January 03, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) on Indian School Finance Company Pvt. Ltd., Telangana (the company) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Managing Risks and Code of Conduct in Outsourcing of Financial Services by NBFCs’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 58G(1)(b) read with Section 58B(5)(aa) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Money Supply for the fortnight ended December 27, 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 07, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹17.50 lakh (Rupees Seventeen Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on Janata Sahakari Bank Limited, Pune (the bank), for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Income Recognition, Asset Classification, Provisioning and Other Related Matters - UCBs’ and ‘Maintenance of Deposit Accounts – 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.

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on January 10, 2025, Friday, as under: Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 2,25,000 14 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM January 24, 2025 (Friday)

I. SUMMARY RESULTS Aggregate amount (Face Value) notified by RBI ₹ 25,000.000 crore Total amount offered (Face Value) by participants ₹ 45,710.195 crore Total amount accepted (Face Value) by RBI ₹ 19,217.542 crore

The Reserve Bank of India, in exercise of powers conferred on it under Section 45-IA (6) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, has cancelled the Certificate of Registration of the following companies.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 29-Dec-23 13-Dec-2024* 27-Dec-2024* 29-Dec-23 13-Dec-2024* 27-Dec-2024* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 266042.93 310793.89 291560.95 269437.45 315564.52 296159.93** b) Borrowings from banks 189078.33 131991.65 138334.17 189114.33 132026.65 138393.41 c) Other demand & time liabilities 69625.55 24423.19 26605.81 70324.03 24724.99 26928.6

Government of India has announced the sale (re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on January 10, 2025 (Friday). As per the extant scheme of underwriting commitment notified on November 14, 2007, the amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) auction, applicable to each Primary Dealer (PD), are as under:

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 50,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 1,06,959 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 50,004 Cut off Rate (%) 6.62 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.66 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 4.24

The Reserve Bank of India had issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to The Shirpur Merchants’ Co-operative Bank Ltd., Shirpur, Maharashtra, vide Directive No. CO.DOS.SED. No. S175/45-11-001/2024-2025 dated April 05, 2024, for a period of six months up to the close of business on October 08, 2024 as modified from time to time, which were last extended up to the close of business on January 08, 2025 vide Directive DOR.MON.D-58/12-21-364/2024-25 dated October 07, 2024.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 5,41,901.88 6.76 5.10-7.10 I. Call Money 10,315.83 6.74 5.10-7.05 II. Triparty Repo 3,69,861.80 6.74 6.69-6.84 III. Market Repo 1,59,915.55 6.80 6.00-7.10 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,808.70 6.91 6.90-6.95 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 165.30 6.38 5.90-6.90 II. Term Money@@ 1,021.00 - 6.65-7.35 III. Triparty Repo 1,495.00 6.81 6.75-6.85 IV. Market Repo 410.00 6.75 6.75-6.75 V. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - -

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on January 09, 2025, Thursday, as under: Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 50,000 1 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM January 10, 2025 (Friday)

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 the following NBFCs:

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended January 03, 2025.

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 November 2024.

Auction Results 91 Days 182 Days 364 Days I. Notified Amount ₹12000 Crore ₹8000 Crore ₹8000 Crore II. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 102 121 116 (ii) Amount ₹27051.470 Crore ₹25862.550 Crore ₹27816.500 Crore III. Cut-off price / Yield 98.3826 96.7674 93.7460 (YTM:6.5940%) (YTM:6.6995%) (YTM:6.6895%) IV. Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number 47 35 49 (ii) Amount ₹11956.711 Crore ₹7967.777 Crore ₹7968.292 Crore

I. T-Bill 91 days 182 days 364 days II. Total Face Value Notified ₹12,000 Crore ₹8,000 Crore ₹8,000 Crore III. Cut-off Price and Implicit Yield at Cut-Off Price 98.3826 (YTM:6.5940%) 96.7674 (YTM: 6.6995%) 93.7460 (YTM: 6.6895%) IV. Total Face Value Accepted ₹12,000 Crore ₹8,000 Crore ₹8,000 Crore

The Reserve Bank of India, vide directive DEL.DOS.EXG_SSM No. S515/12-10- 013/2022-23 dated July 07, 2022, had placed Ramgarhia Co-operative Bank Ltd, New Delhi – under Directions from the close of business on July 08, 2022, for a period of six months up to January 08, 2023, the validity of which was last extended up to close of business on January 08, 2025 vide directive DOR.MON.D-56/12.28.115/2024-25 dated October 03, 2024.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 5,69,376.31 6.71 5.10-6.95 I. Call Money 10,997.17 6.73 5.10-6.95 II. Triparty Repo 3,97,516.15 6.71 6.58-6.79 III. Market Repo 1,58,900.29 6.73 6.00-6.95 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,962.70 6.89 6.85-6.95 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 307.60 6.81 6.25-6.90 II. Term Money@@ 697.00 - 6.70-7.05 III. Triparty Repo 250.00 6.73 6.70-6.74 IV. Market Repo 518.28 6.75 6.70-6.80 V. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - -

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on January 07, 2025 is as under: (Amount in ₹ Crore) ASSAM 2035 BIHAR 2035 BIHAR 2040 GUJARAT 2031 Notified Amount 500 1000 1000 500 Tenure 10 10 15 6 Competitive Bids Received (i) No. 41 58 40 28 (ii) Amount 1789.500 4760 4505 2610 Cut off Price (₹) / Yield (%) 7.15 7.15 7.15 7.01

In terms of Section 29, read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, co-operative banks are required to prepare a balance sheet and profit and loss account as on the last working day of the year in the Forms set out in the Third Schedule of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

Sr. No State Amount to be raised (₹ Crore) Amount Accepted (₹ Crore) Cut off Price (₹)/ Yield (%) Tenure (Year) 1. Assam 500 500 7.15 10 2. Bihar 1000 1000 7.15 10 1000 1000 7.15 15 3. Gujarat 500 500 7.01 06 500 500 7.05 07 1000 1000 7.06 09 4. Haryana 1000 1000 7.15 13

The Reserve Bank had launched the third edition of its global hackathon - “HaRBInger – Innovation for Transformation” with the themes ‘Zero Financial Frauds’ and ‘Being Divyang Friendly’ covering four problem statements (Press Release dated June 07, 2024).

Tenor 3-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 50,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 92,670 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 50,007 Cut off Rate (%) 6.54 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.57 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 43.36