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The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹16,000 Crore (Face Value).

In terms of GOI Notifications F. No. 4(22) – B(W&M)/2018 dated October 08, 2018 (SGB 2018-19, Series IV - Issue date January 01, 2019) and F. No. 4(25) - W&M/2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18, Series XIV - Issue date January 01, 2018) 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 two tranches shall be January 01, 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), vide order dated December 29, 2023, has cancelled the licence of Adarsh Mahila Nagari Sahakari Bank Maryadit, Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Consequently, the bank ceases to carry on banking business, with effect from the close of business on December 29, 2023. The Commissioner and Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Maharashtra has also been requested to issue an order for winding up the bank and appoint a liquidator for the bank.

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

The Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the State Governments/Union Territories (UTs), announces that the quantum of total market borrowings by the State Governments/UTs for the quarter January – March 2024, is expected to be ₹4,13,452 Crore. The weekly schedule of auctions to be held during the quarter along with the name of States/UTs who have confirmed participation and tentative amounts indicated by them is as under:

After reviewing the cash position of the Central Government, the Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the Government of India, hereby, notifies the calendar for issuance of Treasury Bills for the quarter ending March 2024 as under:

With a view to encourage original writings and research in Banking Hindi, Reserve Bank of India has launched a ‘Scheme for writing books originally in Hindi on Economics/Banking/Financial subjects. Under this Scheme, working/retired Professors (Including Assistant and Associate Professor etc.) of Indian Universities (UGC recognized) are awarded three prizes of ₹1,25,000.00 (One lakh twenty-five thousand) each for writing books originally in Hindi on Economics/Banking/Financial subjects.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is satisfied to notify The Botad Peoples Co-operative Bank Ltd., Botad as a non-banking institution under Section 36A (2) read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. Accordingly, RBI has cancelled the licence dated February 17, 1998, granted to The Botad Peoples Co-operative Bank Ltd., Botad to carry on banking business in India under Section 22 read with Section 56 of the Banking

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of December 2023 are set out in Tables 1 to 7.

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS). The January 2024 round of the survey is being launched. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households, regarding their sentiments on general economic situation, employment scenario, price level, households’ income and spending. 

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Money Supply for the fortnight ended December 15, 2023.

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH). The January 2024 round of the survey is being launched. The survey aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, based on their individual consumption baskets, across 19 cities, viz., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram.

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of November 2023[1] collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks, accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed by all scheduled commercial banks, are set out in Statements I and II.

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  105  213  356  (ii) Amount  ₹ 21039 Crore  ₹ 41655 Crore  ₹ 34332.250 Crore  IV.  Cut-off price / Yield  101.22  100.02  98.47  (YTM: 7.0628%)  (YTM: 7.1754%)  (YTM: 7.4283%)

The Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme was operationalised by the Reserve Bank in January 2021, for a period of three years. The objective of the scheme was to encourage deployment of payment acceptance infrastructure such as physical Point of Sale (PoS) terminals, Quick Response (QR) codes, in tier-3 to tier-6 centres, North Eastern states and Union Territories (U.T.s) of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. From August 26, 2021, beneficiaries of PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi Scheme) in tier-1 and tier-2 centres are also covered

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 101.22/ 7.0628% 100.02/ 7.1754% 98.47/ 7.4283% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹7,000 crore ₹16,000 crore ₹10,000 crore

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 16-Dec-22 01- ec-2023 * 15-Dec-2023 * 16-Dec-22 01-Dec- 023 * 15-Dec-2023 * LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) Demand & Time deposits from banks 201266.75 249012.9 276840.69 203686.16 252853.53 280287.70 **

Result of the 7-day Variable Rate Repo auction held on December 29, 2023 Tenor 7-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 3,01,274 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 1,25,020 Cut off Rate (%) 6.73 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.74 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate

In the underwriting auctions conducted on December 29, 2023 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: