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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 02, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹6.00 Lakh (Rupees Six Lakh only) on Sakthi Finance Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (the company) for non-compliance with the ‘Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016’ issued by RBI. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 58 G read with clause (aa) of sub-section (5) of section 58 B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹19,200 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State Amount to be raised (₹ Cr) Additional Borrowing (Greenshoe) Option (₹ Cr) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1 Andhra Pradesh 450 - 7 Yield 1000 - 14 Yield 1000 - 20 Yield 2 Assam 750 - 7 Yield

Reserve Bank of India announces the auction of Government of India Treasury Bills as per the following details:

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets*  (₹ Crore)  Item  2023  2024  Variation  Jan. 6  Dec. 29  Jan. 5  Week  Year  1  2  3  4  5  4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government  0  0  0  0  0  4.2 State Governments  17380  2579  21139  18560  3759  * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

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 96 192 367 (ii) Amount ₹16158 Crore ₹33079.010 Crore ₹34739.750 Crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield 101.21 100.01 98.69 (YTM: 7.0629%) (YTM: 7.1773%) (YTM: 7.4093%) V. Competitive Bids Accepted    (i) Number 48 109 123

Government Stock - Auction Results: Cut-off 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  101.21/ 7.0629%  100.01/ 7.1773%  98.69/ 7.4093%  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: 2023-2024/1662

Tenor 13-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,75,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 3,92,484 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 1,75,010 Cut off Rate (%) 6.71 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.72 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 65.40 Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1661

In the underwriting auctions conducted on January 12, 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:

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)
507,301.37 6.77 0.01-7.90 I. Call Money 12,299.45 6.76 5.00-6.90 II. Triparty Repo 

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on Overseas Direct Investment, both under Automatic Route and the Approval Route, for the month of December 2023. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications)  Press Release: 2023-2024/1658