The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated December 29, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹7.00 lakh (Rupees Seven lakh only) on Mehsana Nagrik Sahakari Bank Limited, Mehsana, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with the 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’, ‘Reserve Bank of India (Co-operative Banks - Interest Rate on Deposits) Directions, 2016’ and contravention of the provisions of section 26A (2) read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act).

As part of the Reserve Bank’s continuing engagement with regulated entities, the second Conference of Internal Ombudsmen on the theme “Orchestrating Customer Delight through an Empowered Internal Ombudsman”, was held in Mumbai on January 16, 2024. This Conference was attended by Managing Director & CEOs, Executive Director in-charges of customer service verticals, Internal Ombudsmen, Principal Nodal Officers of select regulated entities from among Banks, NBFCs and CICs and senior officials from the Reserve Bank of India.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 12, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50 lakh (Rupees Fifty lakh only) on NKGSB Co-operative Bank Ltd. (the bank) for non-compliance with the ‘Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016’ issued by RBI. 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 January 17, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹15.00 lakh (Rupees Fifteen lakh only) on New India Co-operative Bank Limited, Mumbai (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Donations/Contributions for public/charitable purposes out of profits of 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.

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo auction on January 19, 2024, Friday, as under: Sl. No. Notified Amount

Today, the Reserve Bank released the January 2024 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes seven speeches, six articles, current statistics. Financial Stability Report December 2023 and Report on Trend and Progress of Banking 2022-23 are supplements to the January 2024 Bulletin.

The Reserve Bank has launched the 105th round of the quarterly Industrial Outlook Survey (IOS) of the Indian manufacturing sector for the reference period January-March 2024. The survey assesses business sentiment for the current quarter (Q4:2023-24) and expectations for the ensuing quarter (Q1:2024-25), based on qualitative responses on a set of indicators pertaining to demand conditions, financial conditions, employment conditions and the price situation. The outlook on key parameters for the two subsequent quarters (Q2:2024-25 and Q3:2024-25) are also covered.

The Reserve Bank has launched the 40th round of the quarterly Services and Infrastructure Outlook Survey (SIOS) for the reference period January-March 2024. The survey assesses the business situation for the current quarter (Q4:2023-24) from selected companies in the services and infrastructure sectors in India and their expectations for the ensuing quarter (Q1:2024-25) based on qualitative responses on a set of indicators pertaining to demand conditions, financial conditions, employment conditions and the price situation. The outlook on key parameters for the two subsequent quarters (Q2:2024-25 and Q3:2024-25) are also covered.

Government of India has announced the sale (issue/re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on January 19, 2024. 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) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 525,707.74 6.77 5.00-7.90 I. Call Money 12,730.79 6.76 5.00-6.85 II. Triparty Repo    369,261.85 6.76 6.75-6.80 III. Market Repo 143,660.10 6.80 5.00-6.95 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond    55.00 7.55 7.25-7.90