Press Releases

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction on March 06, 2024, Wednesday, as under

Today the Reserve Bank of India placed on its website a Working Paper titled “Pricing of Interdealer OTC Derivatives in a Limit Order Market” under the Reserve Bank of India Working Paper Series[1]. The Paper is co-authored by Vidya Kamate and Abhishek Kumar.

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on March 05, 2024 is as under:

Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised (₹Crore) Amount Accepted (₹ Crore)  Cut off Price (₹) / Yield (%)  Tenure (Year) 1 Assam 1000 1000 7.42 10 2 Bihar 2000 2000 7.40 15 3 Haryana 1500 1500 7.42 11 4 Jammu & Kashmir 400 400 7.40 20 5 Karnataka 3000 3000 7.42 11 3000 3000 7.41 12 6 Maharashtra 2000 2000 7.40 11 2000 2000 7.40 12

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 75,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 11,185 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 11,185 Cut off Rate (%) 6.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate NA  Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/2000

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a second Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction on March 05, 2024, Tuesday, as under:

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,00,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 72,840 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 72,840 Cut off Rate (%) 6.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate NA 

The Reserve Bank of India issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to The Imperial Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd., Jalandhar vide Directive No. CDG.DOS.RSG.No.S1645/16-03-46/2022-23 dated March 9, 2023 for a period of six months up to close of business on September 10, 2023, as modified from time to time which were last extended up to close of business on March 10, 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 close of business on March 10, 2024.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume  (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 538,703.22 6.39 5.00-6.80 I. Call Money      10,252.07 6.49 5.10-6.65 II. Triparty Repo  358,252.70 6.34 6.00-6.54 III. Market Repo    169,638.55 6.49 5.00-6.70 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond  559.90 6.70 6.70-6.80

The Reserve Bank of India has sanctioned the Scheme of Amalgamation of Fincare Small Finance Bank Ltd. (Transferor Bank) with AU Small Finance Bank Ltd. (Transferee Bank). The Scheme has been sanctioned in exercise of the powers contained in sub-section (4) of Section 44A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. The effective date of the amalgamation shall be April 01, 2024. All the branches of Fincare Small Finance Bank Ltd. will function as branches of AU Small Finance Bank Ltd. with effect from April 01, 2024.