Press Releases

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,00,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 1,29,793 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 1,00,027 Cut off Rate (%) 6.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate 76.07 Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/2008

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 503,017.35 6.33 5.00-6.65 I. Call Money 10,008.45 6.44 5.50-6.55 II. Triparty Repo 326,076.10 6.29 6.20-6.44 III. Market Repo 166,367.90 6.41 5.00-6.55 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 564.90 6.60 6.60-6.65

The Reserve Bank of India has today, in exercise of its powers under section 45L(1)(b) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, directed JM Financial Products Limited (JMFPL or ‘the company’) to cease and desist, with immediate effect, from doing any form of financing against shares and debentures, including sanction and disbursal of loans against Initial Public Offering (IPO) of shares as well as against subscription to debentures. The Company shall, however, continue to service its existing loan accounts through the usual collection and recovery process.

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on External Commercial Borrowings (ECB), Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB) and Rupee Denominated Bonds (RDB) both, through Automatic Route and Approval Route, for the month of January 2024.

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.

The Reserve Bank of India has today, in exercise of its powers under Section 45L(1)(b) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, directed IIFL Finance Ltd. (“the company”) to cease and desist, with immediate effect, from sanctioning or disbursing gold loans or assigning/ securitising/ selling any of its gold loans. The company can, however, continue to service its existing gold loan portfolio through usual collection and recovery processes.

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 05, 2024, Tuesday, as under:

Today, the Reserve Bank of India releases Volume 44, No.1, 2023 of its Occasional Papers, a research journal containing contributions from its staff. This issue contains three articles and four book reviews.

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 75,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 26,135 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 26,135 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: 2023-2024/1991

(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 - -

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate RangeA. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)

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 04, 2024, Monday, as under: Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing     Date of Reversal
1 75,000 1 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM March 05, 2024 (Tuesday) 2. The operational guidelines for the auction as given in the Reserve Bank’s Press Release 2019-2020/1947 dated February 13, 2020 will remain the same.
 

Tenor 3-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 75,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 17,900 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 17,900 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: 2023-2024/1987  

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@  Volume  (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 8,306.54 6.47 5.01-6.95 I. Call Money 912.05 6.15 5.50-6.25 II. Triparty Repo 5,669.75 6.45 5.01-6.65 III. Market Repo 994.74 6.60 6.60-6.60 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 730.00 6.90 6.85-6.95

NEFT system has achieved a milestone on February 29, 2024, by processing 4,10,61,337 transactions, the highest number of transactions processed in a day so far.

The value of exports and imports of services during January 2024 is given in the following table.

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹27,981 Crore (Face Value).

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

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 04, 2024, Monday, as under:

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Feb. 24 Feb. 16 Feb. 23 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 9515 13292 14809 1517 5294 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had announced the withdrawal of ₹2000 denomination banknotes from circulation vide Press Release 2023-2024/257 dated May 19, 2023. The status of withdrawal of ₹2000 banknotes is periodically published by the RBI. The last press release in this regard was published on February 01, 2024.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 501,129.66 6.68 5.00-6.95 I. Call Money 11,917.02 6.67 5.00-6.81 II. Triparty Repo 337,829.10 6.68 6.50-6.80 III. Market Repo 150,758.54 6.67 6.00-6.90 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 625.00 6.87 6.85-6.95

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) vide public document ‘High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action’ – February 2024, has called on its members and other jurisdictions to refer to the statement on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran adopted in February 2020 which remains in effect. Further, Myanmar was added to the list of High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action in the October 2022 FATF plenary and FATF has called on its members and other jurisdictions to apply enhanced due diligence measures proportionate to the risk arising from Myanmar. When applying enhanced due diligence measures, countries have been advised to ensure that flows of funds for humanitarian assistance, legitimate NPO activity and remittances are not disrupted. The status of Myanmar in the list of countries subject to a call for action, remains unchanged.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 22, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five lakh only) on Solapur District Central Co-operative Bank Limited, Solapur, Maharashtra (the bank) for contravention of the provisions of section 26A read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and the directions issued by RBI on the Depositor Education and Awareness Fund. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 21, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on Progressive Co-operative Bank Limited, Mumbai, Maharashtra (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Exposure Norms and Statutory / Other Restrictions – UCBs’ and ‘Investments by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under section 47A(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 February 22, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹23.30 lakh (Rupees Twenty-three lakh and Thirty thousand only) on Shikshak Sahakari Bank Limited, Nagpur (the bank) for non-compliance with operational instructions issued by RBI, vide letter dated January 24, 2020, under ‘Supervisory Action Framework for Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs)’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of February 2024 are set out in Tables 1 to 7.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – December 2023’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal[1] (https://dbie.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications).

Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Returns (BSR)-1: Outstanding Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) - December 2023’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal[1] (https://dbie.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications). It captures various characteristics of bank credit such as occupation/activity and organisational sector of the borrower, type of account and interest rates based on account-level reporting[2]. Data reported by 90 SCBs (excluding Regional Rural Banks) are presented for bank groups, population groups[3] and states[4].

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 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 of India has been regularly conducting Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH). The March 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. 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.

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of January 2024[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.

On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit[2] registered a growth of 16.2 per cent in January 2024[3] as compared with 16.7 per cent a year ago. 

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 23, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five lakh only) on Noble Co-operative Bank Limited, Noida, Uttar Pradesh (the bank) for non-compliance with the specific directions issued by RBI under the Supervisory Action Framework (SAF). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under section 47A(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 February 23, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five lakh only) on Adarsh Mahila Co-operative Bank Limited, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Loans and advances to directors, their relatives, and firms/concerns in which they are interested’ and specific directions issued by RBI under the Supervisory Action Framework (SAF). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 43,210 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 25,002 Cut off Rate (%) 6.64 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.66 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 43.71  Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1965

The Reserve Bank of India issued Directions to Ajantha Urban Co-operative Bank Maryadit, Aurangabad, Maharashtra under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 vide Directive No. NGP.DoS.SSM 3.No.S675/15.03.302/2023-2024 dated August 28, 2023, for a period of six months up to the close of business on February 29, 2024.

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo auction (VRR) on February 29, 2024, Thursday, as under:

The Reserve Bank of India, vide Directive LKO.DOS.SED.No.S850/10-03-030/2022-2023 dated March 02, 2023 had placed Banaras Merchantile Co-operative Bank Ltd., Varanasi (U.P) under Directions from the close of business on March 03, 2023 for a period of six months. The validity of the directions was extended up to close of business on March 03, 2024. 

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@  Volume  (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 503,745.90 6.38 5.00-6.75 I. Call Money 10,572.21 6.43 5.00-6.65 II. Triparty Repo  331,263.55 6.37 6.25-6.70 III. Market Repo 161,155.14 6.40 5.90-6.70

In pursuance of the announcement made in the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies released along with the Monetary Policy Statement on February 08, 2023, the Reserve Bank of India has today placed on its website the Draft guidelines on Disclosure framework on Climate-related Financial Risks, 2024[SFG1] .

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), vide order dated February 27, 2024, has cancelled the licence of “Sumerpur Mercantile Urban Cooperative Bank Limited, Sumerpur, Pali, Rajasthan.” Consequently, the bank ceases to carry on banking business, with effect from the close of business on February 28, 2024. The Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Rajasthan has also been requested to issue an order for winding up the bank and appoint a liquidator for the bank.