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The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH). The November 2023 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. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households on price changes (general prices as well as prices of specific product groups) in the three months ahead as well as in the one year ahead period and quantitative responses on current, three months ahead and one year ahead inflation rates. The results of this survey provide useful inputs for monetary policy.

The agency, M/s Hansa Research Group Pvt. Ltd., M

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS). The November 2023 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 survey is conducted regularly in 19 cities, viz., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram. The results of this survey provide useful inputs for monetary policy.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended October 27, 2023 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended October 20, 2023.

Shweta Sharma     
Deputy General Manager

Press Release: 2023-2024/1218

Auction Results    91 Days    182 Days 364 DaysI. Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore    ₹8000 Crore ₹9000 CroreII.    Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 119 148 125(ii) Amount ₹20685.235 Crore ₹27653 Crore ₹23177.419 Crore

I. T-Bill 91 days 182 days 364 daysII. Total Face Value Notified ₹7,000 Crore ₹8,000 Crore ₹9,000 CroreIII. Cut-off Price and Implicit Yield at Cut-Off Price 98.3010(YTM: 6.9325%) 96.5633

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent)MONEY MARKETS@ Volume(One Leg) WeightedAverage Rate RangeA. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)    476,462.40 6.77    5.50-6.90

A draft circular on processing and settlement of small value export and import related payments facilitated by Online Export-Import Facilitators (OEIFs) was issued for comments on April 7, 2022, by the Foreign Exchange Department of RBI under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. As the activities of OEIFs / Online Payment Gateway Service Providers (OPGSPs) are more aligned with payments, the guidelines have been redrafted taking into consideration the feedback received on the April 07, 2022 draft circular and from the perspective of Payment Systems. It is therefore, proposed to regulate entities facilitating payment and settlement for online cross border export / import transactions as Payment Aggregators – Cross Border (PA-CB) under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today placed on its website the circular on Regulation of PA-CB.

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on October 23, 2023 is as under: (Amount in ₹ Crore) ANDHRA PRADESH 2036ANDHRA PRADESH 2042JAMMU AND KASHMIR UT 2053KARNATAKA 2033 Notified Amount100010003001000 Tenure13193010 Competitive Bids Received (i) No.7223678 (ii) Amount4720317513005505

Cut-off Yield (%)7.727.667.607.69

Competitive Bids Accepted


 

(i) No.241121

(ii) Amount989.098999.965299.949982.176

Partial Allotment Percentage of Competitive Bids


 

(i) Percentage24.310899.996599.98333.8708

(ii) No.(11 bids)(1 bid)(1 bid)(7 bids)

Non-Competitive Bids Received


 

(i) No.3126

(ii) Amount10.9020.0350.05117.824

Non-Competitive Price (₹)100.14100.00100.00100.09

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of September 20231 collected from 40 select scheduled commercial banks, accounting for about 93 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed by all scheduled commercial banks, are set out in Statements I and II.

On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit2 registered a growth of 15.3 per cent in September 20233 as compared with 16.9 per cent a year ago.

Highlights of the sectoral deployment of bank credit3 are given below:

Sr. NoState/UTAmount to be raised (₹ Crore)Amount Accepted (₹ Crore)Cut off Price (₹) / Yield (%)Tenure (Year) 1Andhra Pradesh5005007.7413 5005007.7614 5005007.7218 5005007.7020

2Bihar200020007.788

3Chhattisgarh100010007.738

4Goa1001007.7310

5Haryana100010007.7512

6Jammu and Kashmir6006007.6330

7Karnataka100010007.7312

100010007.7313

8Kerala100010007.6623

9Madhya Pradesh200020007.7614

10Maharashtra2000200098.49 / 7.6790Reissue of 7.46% Maharashtra SGS 2033 issued on September 13, 2023

2000200098.10 / 7.7297Reissue of 7.47% Maharashtra SGS 2034 issued on September 13, 2023

11Punjab*12001055.5137.7710

12Rajasthan100010007.7310

100010007.7416

100010007.7020

100010007.6525

13Tamil Nadu100010007.687

14Telangana5005007.7514

100010007.6722

15Uttar Pradesh200020007.7110

TOTAL25,40025,255.513
 

*Punjab has accepted a partial amount of ₹1055.513 Crore in the 10-year security.

Ajit Prasad            
Director (Communications)

Press Release: 2023-2024/1208

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume
(One Leg) Weighted
Average Rate Range
A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)    0.00    -    I. Call Money    0.00    -    -II. Triparty Repo    0.00    -    III. Market Repo    0.00    -    -
     IV. Repo in Corporate Bond    0.00    -    -
B. Term Segment    

     I. Notice Money**    0.00    -    -
     II. Term Money@@    0.00    -    -
     III. Triparty Repo    0.00    -    -
     IV. Market Repo    0.00    -    -
     V. Repo in Corporate Bond    0.00    -    -
RBI OPERATIONS@

Auction Date    Tenor (Days)    Maturity Date    Amount    Current Rate /
Cut off Rate
C. Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF), Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) & Standing Deposit Facility (SDF)

Today, the Reserve Bank released the results1 of fourteenth round of its biennial survey on foreign collaboration in Indian industry (FCS) covering the financial years 2021-22 and 2022-23. This survey captures information on financial parameters and operations of the Indian companies having technical collaboration with foreign companies during the reference period, as per the attached schedule.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 04, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.00 lakh (Rupees Two lakh only) on Pij People’s Co-operative Bank Limited, Pij, Dist. Kheda, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47-A (1) (c) read with Sections 46 (4) (i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

Government of India (GOI) has announced the sale (Issue/re-issue) of three dated securities for a notified amount of ₹30,000 crore as per the following details:

Sr No    Security    Date of Repayment    Notified Amount
(₹ crore)    GoI specific Notification    Auction Date    Settlement Date
1    7.37% GS 2028    Oct 23, 2028    7,000    F.No.4(3)-B(W&M)/2023 dated
October 30, 2023    November 03, 2023
(Friday)    November 06, 2023
(Monday)
2    7.18% GS 2033    Aug 14, 2033    13,000
3    New GS 2073    Nov 06, 2073    10,000

Total    
30,000    

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 05, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.00 lakh (Rupees Two lakh only) on Mizoram Co-operative Apex Bank Ltd., Aizawl (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Housing Finance’ applicable to State Co-operative Banks. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47-A (1) (c) read with Sections 46 (4) (i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

This action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers.

Background

The statutory inspection of the bank conducted by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2022, and examination of the Inspection Report and all correspondence related thereto revealed, inter alia, that the bank’s total exposure to housing finance was above the prescribed limit. Consequently, a notice was issued to the bank advising it to show cause as to why penalty should not be imposed on it for non-compliance with the said directions, as stated therein.

After considering the bank’s reply to the notice and oral submissions made by it during the personal hearing, RBI came to the conclusion that the charge of non-compliance with the aforesaid RBI directions was substantiated and warranted imposition of monetary penalty on the bank.

(Yogesh Dayal)     
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2023-2024/1202

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 04, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on Shihori Nagarik Sahakari Bank Ltd., Shihori, Dist. Banaskantha, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on ‘Loans and advances to directors, relatives and firms/concerns in which they are interested’ read with ‘Loans and advances to Directors etc. - Directors as surety/guarantors – Clarification’ and ‘Placement of Deposits with Other Banks by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs)’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47-A (1) (c) read with Sections 46 (4) (i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 04, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹7.00 lakh (Rupees Seven lakh only) on Uma Co-operative Bank Ltd., Vadodara, Gujarat (the bank) for contravention of directions issued by RBI on ‘Placement of Deposits with Other Banks by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs)’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47-A (1) (c) read with Sections 46 (4) (i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 19, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.10 lakh (Rupees One lakh Ten thousand only) on Birbhum District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Birbhum, West Bengal (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016’ and ‘Membership of Credit Information Companies (CICs)’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47-A (1) (c) read with Sections 46 (4) (i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and Section 25 (1) (iii) read with section 23 (4) of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.

This action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers.

Background

The statutory inspection of the bank conducted by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2022, and examination of the Inspection Report and all correspondence related thereto revealed, inter alia, that the bank had (i) failed to carry out periodic review of risk categorisation of accounts, (ii) failed to undertake risk categorisation of a number of accounts; and (iii) failed to obtain membership of three out of the four CICs. Consequently, a notice was issued to the bank advising it to show cause as to why penalty should not be imposed on it for failure to comply with the said directions, as stated therein.

After considering the bank’s reply to the notice and oral submissions made by it during the personal hearing, RBI came to the conclusion that the charge of non-compliance with the aforesaid RBI directions was substantiated and warranted imposition of monetary penalty on the bank.

(Yogesh Dayal)     
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2023-2024/1201

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 500,614.35 6. 5.00-7.80 I.Call Money 10,607.39 6. 5.00-6.95 II. Triparty Repo 339,910.40 6. 6.00-6.80

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate    Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 0.00    -    I. Call Money 0.00    -    II. Triparty Repo    0.00    -    -
     III. Market Repo    0.00    -    -
     IV. Repo in Corporate Bond    0.00    -    -
B. Term Segment    

     I. Notice Money**    0.00    -    -
     II. Term Money@@    0.00    -    -
     III. Triparty Repo    0.00    -    -
     IV. Market Repo    0.00    -    -
     V. Repo in Corporate Bond    0.00    -    -
RBI OPERATIONS@

Auction Date    Tenor (Days)    Maturity Date    Amount    Current Rate /
Cut off Rate
C. Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF), Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) & Standing Deposit Facility (SDF)