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The 616th meeting of the Central Board of Directors of Reserve Bank of India was held today at Mumbai under the Chairmanship of Shri Sanjay Malhotra, Governor.

In its 578th meeting held on August 26, 2019, the Central Board had adopted the Economic Capital Framework based on the recommendations of the Expert Committee to Review the Extant Economic Capital Framework of the Reserve Bank of India (Chairman: Dr. Bimal Jalan). The Expert Committee, inter-alia, recommended that the framework may be periodically reviewed every five years.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated May 23, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹63.60 lakh (Rupees Sixty Three Lakh Sixty Thousand only) on Union Bank of India (the bank) for non-compliance with the provisions of Section 26A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Credit Flow to Agriculture - Collateral free Agricultural Loans’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with Section 46 (4) (i) and Section 51(1) of the BR Act.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation May. 17 May. 9 May. 16 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 17624 51342 36404 -14938 18780 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Auction Results 6.75% GS 2029 7.09% GS 2054 I. Notified Amount ₹15,000 crore ₹12,000 crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹15,000 crore ₹12,000 crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 190 364 (ii) Amount ₹51,901.000 crore ₹47,697.287 crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield 103.49 103.39 (YTM: 5.8675%) (YTM: 6.8197%) V. Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number 40 23 (ii) Amount ₹14,986.906 crore 11,986.900 crore

6.75% GS 2029 7.09% GS 2054 I. Notified Amount ₹15,000 crore ₹12,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 103.49/5.8675% 103.39/6.8197% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹15,000 crore ₹12,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL

Tenor 3-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 4,371 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 4,371 Cut off Rate (%) 6.01 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.01 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) NA

In the underwriting auction conducted on May 23, 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) 6.75% GS 2029 15,000 7,518 7,482 15,000 0.03 7.09% GS 2054 12,000 6,006 5,994 12,000 0.19

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 6,19,034.06 5.78 1.00-6.03 I. Call Money 19,706.01 5.85 4.85-5.90 II. Triparty Repo 4,18,840.25 5.79 5.60-5.91 III. Market Repo 1,78,992.80 5.78 1.00-6.03 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,495.00 5.93 5.90-6.00

The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2020 has enabled certain capital related provisions such as issuance of special shares, issuance of shares at a premium, etc., which are new to the co-operative banking sector. The Report of the Expert Committee on Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (the Expert Committee), chaired by Shri. N.S. Vishwanathan, former Deputy Governor, RBI, had provided broad guiding principles on these provisions through its recommendations. Thereafter, a Working Group was constituted in RBI to inter alia operationalise the recommendations of the Expert Committee on these newly enabled capital related provisions.