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Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of December 2025, collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) which together account for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit by all SCBs, are set out in Statements I and II. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit grew by 14.4 per cent as on the fortnight ended December 31, 2025, compared to 11.1 per cent during the corresponding fortnight of the previous year (i.e., December 27, 2024). Highlights of the sectoral deployment of bank credit as on the fortnight ended December 31, 2025, are given below: • Credit to agriculture and allied activities registered a y-o-y growth of 12.1 per cent (12.5 per cent in the corresponding fortnight of the previous year).

(Amount in ₹ Crore) Auction Results 6.48% GS 2035 I. Notified Amount 32,000 II. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 394 (ii) Amount 75,494.200 III. Cut-off price / Yield 98.28 (YTM: 6.7229%)

Tenor 90-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 2,00,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 1,11,500 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 1,11,500 Cut off Rate (%) 5.26 Weighted Average Rate (%) 5.26 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) N.A.

6.48% GS 2035 I. Notified Amount ₹32,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 98.28 / 6.7229% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹32,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a second Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on Friday, January 30, 2026, as under: Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 2,00,000 90 1:00 PM to 01:30 PM April 30, 2026 (Thursday) 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. 3. Participants will also have an option to prepay the amount borrowed in the above auction, and the operational guidelines for the same are as under: i) Prepayment requests can be placed only through the Ekuber portal during 09:00–17:00 hours on working days in Mumbai.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 10-Jan-2025# 31-Dec-2025 15-Jan-2026 10-Jan-2025# 31-Dec-2025 15-Jan-2026 I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 271703.78 340111.14 334594.98 276454.35 347493.56 342296.21** b) Borrowings from banks 143463.79 84009.60 80440.83 143532.02 84135.04 80507.15 c) Other demand & time 

Tenor 90-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 95,062

In the underwriting auction conducted on January 30, 2026, for Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) of the undernoted Government security, 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) 6.48% GS 2035 32,000 16,002 15,998 32,000 0.75 Auction for the sale of security will be held on January 30, 2026.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 7,45,436.74 5.27 1.00-6.30 I. Call Money 19,688.01 5.31 4.50-5.50 II. Triparty Repo 5,21,347.75 5.27 5.18-5.50 III. Market Repo 2,00,879.68 5.26 1.00-5.91 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 3,521.30 5.41 5.35-6.30 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 491.50 5.32 4.85-5.35

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 23, 2026, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) on Rajapur Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Rajapur, Maharashtra (the bank), for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Loans and advances to directors