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In the underwriting auctions conducted on November 17, 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:

(₹ crore)

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)    487,331.84 6.78    0.01-7.90 I. Call Money    10,711.19 6.78 5.00-6.92

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated November 02, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹90.92 Lakh (Rupees Ninety lakh and ninety-two thousand only) on Axis Bank Ltd. (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016’, ‘Loans and Advances – Statutory a

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo auction on November 17, 2023, Friday, as under:

Sl. No.    Notified Amount
(₹ crore)    Tenor
(day)    Window Timing    Date of Reversal
1    50,000    14    10:30 AM to 11:00 AM    December 01, 2023

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 31, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹42.78 lakh (Rupees Forty Two lakh Seventy Eight Thousand only) on Manappuram Finance Limited, Thrissur (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the “Non-Banking Financial Company - Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company and Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016”. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 58 G read with clause (aa) of sub-section (5) of Section 58 B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 30, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹20 lakh (Rupees Twenty lakh only) on Anand Rathi Global Finance Limited, Mumbai (the company), for non-compliance with certain provisions of the 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 clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 58 G read with clause (aa) of sub-section (5) of section 58 B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the November 2023 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes five speeches, four articles and current statistics. The four articles are: I. State of the Economy; II. Reading the Market’s Mind: Decoding Monetary Policy Expectations from Financial Data; III. Transitioning India's Power Sector: Repurposing of Coal-Fired Power Plants; IV. Monetary Policy Transmission in India: Recent Dynamics. I. State of the Economy

Government of India has announced the sale (re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on November 17, 2023. As per the extan

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)    493,283.48 6.78    0.01-7.08 I. Call Money    10,099.25 6.79 5.00-6.90 II. Triparty Repo 340,566.50 6.77 6.00-6.79

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended November 10, 2023 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended November 03, 2023.

Today, the Reserve Bank of India released the eighth edition of its statistical publication titled “Handbook of Statistics on Indian States, 2022-23”. Through this publication, the Reserve Bank has been disseminating wide-ranging data on the regional economies of India.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 04-Nov-22 20-OCT-2023* 03-NOV-2023* 04-Nov-22 20-OCT-2023* 03-NOV-2023* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 197284.22 240291.16    242365.3 200069.43 245495.19    245778.67**

Auction Results    91 Days    182 Days 364 Days I. Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore ₹8000 Crore ₹9000 Crore II. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 73    123 154 (ii) Amount ₹14448.434 Crore ₹27022 Crore ₹28608.350 Crore

I. T-Bill 91 days 182 days 364 days II. Total Face Value Notified ₹7,000 Crore ₹8,000 Crore ₹9,000 Crore III. Cut-off Price and Implicit Yield at Cut-Off Price 98.2998 (YTM: 6.9374%) 96.5814 (YTM: 7.0987%) 93.3618

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) I. Today's Operations 1. Fixed Rate 2. Variable Rate& (I) Main Operation (a) Repo    (b) Reverse Repo

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent)MONEY MARKETS@ Volume(One Leg) WeightedAverage Rate RangeA. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)    0.00 - - I. Call Money 0.00 - - II. Triparty Repo 0.00    - - III. Market Repo 0.00

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, has directed Bajaj Finance Ltd. (“the company”) to stop sanction and disbursal of loans under its two lending products ‘eCOM’ and ‘Insta EMI Card’, with immediate effect.

Government of India announces the conversion/switch of its securities through auction for an aggregate amount of ₹18,000 crore (face value). The security-wise details of the conversion/switch are given as under:

Date of AuctionSource SecuritiesAmount (FV) of Source Securities
(In ₹ crore)Destination Securities

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

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on November 13, 2023 is as under: (Amount in ₹ Crore) ANDHRA PRADESH 2038 ANDHRA PRADESH 2042 GOA 2033 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2038 Notified Amount 500 500 100 800 Tenure 15 19 10 15 Competitive Bids Received (i) No. 65 42 15 59 (ii) Amount 3105 3155 555 4015 Cut-off Yield (%) 7.72 7.69 7.70 7.74 Competitive Bids Accepted (i) No. 12 2 1 18 (ii) Amount 494.927 494.415 98.789 791.956

Sr. No State / UT Amount to be raised(₹ Crore) Amount Accepted(₹ Crore)    Cut off Yield(%) Tenure(Year)1    Andhra Pradesh 500 500 7.72 15500 500 7.69 19

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent)MONEY MARKETS@ Volume(One Leg) WeightedAverage Rate RangeA. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)    461,706.31 6.79    0.01-7.85

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent)MONEY MARKETS@ Volume(One Leg) WeightedAverage Rate RangeA. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)    0.00 - - I. Call Money 0.00 - -

The Reserve Bank today released data on India’s invisibles as per the IMF’s Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6) format for April - June of 2023-24.

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on Overseas Direct Investment, both under Automatic Route and the Approval Route, for the month of October 2023.

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(16) - W&M/2016 dated October 20, 2016 (SGB 2016-17, Series III - Issue date November 17, 2016) 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 tranche shall be November 17, 2023.

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(22) – B(W&M)/2018 dated October 08, 2018 (SGB 2018-19 Series III - Issue date November 13, 2018) and F.No.4(25) - W&M/2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series VII - Issue date November 13, 2017) 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 tranches shall be November 13, 2023.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets*(₹ Crore)Item    2022 2023 VariationNov. 4 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Week Year1 2 3 4 54 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 04.2 State Governments    12460 21871 26781 4910 14321* Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹11,620 Crore (Face Value).

Reserve Bank of India announces the auction of Government of India Treasury Bills as per the following details:Sr. No. Treasury Bill    Notified Amount(in ₹ Crore) Auction Date Settlement Date1 91 Days 7,000 November 15, 2023(Wednesday)    November 16, 2023(Thursday)2 182 Days 8,0003 364 Days 9,000 Total 24,000

The Reserve Bank of India, vide directive CO.DOS.DSD.No.S782/12-07-005/2022-23 dated May 13, 2022, had placed Shankarrao Pujari Nutan Nagari Sahakari Bank Ltd., Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur under Directions from the close of business on May 13, 2022 for a period of six months, i.

The following Four Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) have surrendered the Certificate of Registration (CoR) granted to them by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The RBI, in exercise of powers conferred on it under Section 45-IA (6) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, has therefore cancelled their CoR.

The Reserve Bank of India, in exercise of powers conferred on it under Section 45-IA (6) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, has cancelled the Certificate of Registration of the following companies.

Auction Results    New GS 2030 7.18% GS 2037 7.25% GS 2063    New GOI SGrB 2028I. Notified Amount ₹12000 Crore ₹10000 Crore ₹12000 Crore    ₹5000 CroreII. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹12000 Crore    ₹10000 Crore ₹12000 Crore ₹5000 CroreIII. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 135 186 235 8 (ii) Amount

7.18% GS 2037 7.25% GS 2063 New GOI SGrB 2028I. Notified Amount ₹12,000 crore ₹10,000 crore ₹12,000 crore ₹5,000 crore

In the underwriting auctions conducted on November 10, 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:

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 453,414.07 6.79 0.01-7.90 I. Call Money 11,878.63 6.77 5.00-6.90 II. Triparty Repo 298,277.55 6.78    6.75-6.84 III. Market Repo 142,787.89 6.80 0.01-6.95

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the 41st half-yearly report on management of foreign exchange reserves with reference to end-September 2023. The position of foreign exchange reserves as on October 27, 2023, is as under: US $ Billion Foreign Exchange Reserves (i+ii+iii+iv) 586.11 i. Foreign Currency Assets (FCA) 517.50 ii. Gold 45.92 iii. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 17.91 iv. Reserve Tranche Position (RTP)

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹12,500 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State / UT Amount to be raised (₹ Cr) Additional Borrowing (Greenshoe) Option (₹ Cr) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1 Andhra Pradesh 500 - 15 Yield 500 - 19 Yield 2 Goa 100 - 10 Yield 3 Himachal Pradesh 800 - 15 Yield 4 Jammu and Kashmir 1100 - 30 Yield 5 Maharashtra 2000 - 10 Yield

Government of India has announced the sale (issue/re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on November 10, 2023. As per the extant scheme of underwriting notified on November 14, 2007, the amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) for the underwriting auction, applicable to each Primary Dealer (PD), are as under:

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent)MONEY MARKETS@ Volume(One Leg) WeightedAverage Rate RangeA. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)    450,494.32 6.77    5.00-7.85

The Reserve Bank of India issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to Sri Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank Niyamitha, Bengaluru, Karnataka vide Directive DOS.CO.UCB.BSD-III.D-2/12.23.283/2019-20 dated January 02, 2020, for a period of six months up to July 10, 2020, as modified from time to time, which were last extended up to November 10, 2023 vide Directive DOR.MON/D-52/12.23.283/2023-24 dated August 03, 2023. 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 November 10, 2023.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended November 03, 2023. Shweta Sharma Deputy General Manager Press Release: 2023-2024/1265

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period October 03 – October 06, 2023.

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period September 25 – September 29, 2023.

All Figures are in USD Millions

Position DateMERCHANTINTER BANK

FCY / INRFCY / FCYFCY / INRFCY / FCY

SpotForwardForward CancelSpotForwardForward CancelSpotSwapForwardSpotSwapForward

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period September 18 – September 22, 2023.

Auction Results    91 Days    182 Days 364 Days I. Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore ₹8000 Crore ₹9000 Crore II.    Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 126 144 136 (ii) Amount ₹22763.945 Crore ₹28730.900 Crore ₹21040 Crore III. Cut-off price / Yield

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period October 09 – October 13, 2023. All Figures are in USD Millions Position DateMERCHANTINTER BANKFCY / INRFCY / FCYFCY / INRFCY / FCY
SpotForwardForwardCancelSpotForwardForwardCancelSpotSwapForwardSpotSwapForwardPurchases 09-10-20231,3891,2046425833042779,0565,9302,5514,227564124 10-10-20232,8821,24730938426224814,92614,3262,6176,6911,757220

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period October 16 – October 20, 2023.

All Figures are in USD Millions

Position DateMERCHANTINTER BANK

FCY / INRFCY / FCYFCY / INRFCY / FCY

SpotForwardForward CancelSpotForwardForward CancelSpotSwapForwardSpotSwapForward

Purchases

16-10-20232,8435044883581351159,31118,8663,7234,9431,331131

I. T-Bill 91 days 182 days 364 days II.    Total Face Value Notified ₹7,000 Crore ₹8,000 Crore ₹9,000 Crore III. Cut-off Price and Implicit Yield at Cut-Off Price 98.3035 (YTM: 6.9221%) 96.5776 (YTM: 7.1068%)93.3451 (YTM: 7.1489%)