Press Releases

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹17,500 Crore (Face Value).

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Feb. 3 Jan. 26 Feb. 2 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 20732 12810 22237 9427 1505

Auction Results 7.37% GS 2028 7.18% GS 2033 7.30% GS 2053 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 95 172 238 (ii) Amount ₹ 12927.727 Crore ₹ 27439.800 Crore ₹ 25442.928 Crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield 101.19 100.57 101.99

In terms of Government of India Notification F.No.4(6)-B(W&M)/2023 and Reserve Bank press release dated December 08, 2023, the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2023-24 - Series IV will be open for subscription duringFebruary 12–16, 2024.

In terms of Government of India Notification F. No. 4(22) – B(W&M)/2018 dated October 08, 2018 (SGB 2018-19, Series VI - Issue date February 12, 2019) on Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, premature redemption of Gold Bond may be permitted after fifth year from the date of issue of such Gold Bond on the date on which interest is payable.  Accordingly, the next due date of premature redemption of the above tranche shall be February 12, 2024.

Tenor 3-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 40,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 35,120 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore)

7.37% GS 2028 7.18% GS 2033 7.30% GS 2053 I. Notified Amount ₹7,000 crore ₹16,000 crore ₹10,000 crore II. Cut off Price / Implicit Yield at cut-off 101.19/ 7.0640% 100.57/ 7.0964% 101.99/ 7.1361% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹7,000 crore ₹16,000 crore ₹10,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL NIL Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1840  

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on February 09, 2024, Friday, as under:

Tenor  14-day  Notified Amount (in ₹ crore)  1,75,000  Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore)  2,42,004  Amount allotted (in ₹ crore)  1,75,008  Cut off Rate (%)  6.71  Weighted Average Rate (%)  6.73  Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%)  23.01

In the underwriting auctions conducted on February 09, 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: