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Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of December 20241 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 credit2 as on the fortnight ended December 27, 20243 grew at 12.4 per cent as compared to 15.8 per cent for the corresponding fortnight of the previous year (December 29, 2023).

Auction Results 6.79% GS 2031 6.79% GOI SGrB 2034 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹10,000 crore ₹5,000 crore ₹15,000 crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹10,000 crore ₹5,000 crore ₹15,000 crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 145 59 219 (ii) Amount ₹ 26468.000 Crore ₹ 7718.895 Crore ₹ 31118.000 Crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield 100.46 100.67 103.73 (YTM:6.7042%) (YTM:6.6941%) (YTM:7.0570%) V. Competitive Bids Accepted

6.79% GS 2031 6.79% GOI SGrB 2034 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹10,000 crore ₹5,000 crore ₹15,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 100.46/6.7042% 100.67/6.6941% 103.73/7.0570% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹10,000 crore ₹1,054.491 crore ₹15,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL ₹3,945.509 crore NIL

Today, the Reserve Bank conducted a USD/INR Buy Sell swap auction for a notified amount of USD 5 billion as announced vide press release dated January 28, 2025.

Tenor 3-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,00,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 1,28,059 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 1,00,013 Cut off Rate (%) 6.51 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.52 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 51.04

In the underwriting auction conducted on January 31, 2025, 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) 5,45,691.61 6.56 4.00-6.95 I. Call Money 14,941.07 6.58 5.10-6.65 II. Triparty Repo 3,85,768.80 6.55 6.49-6.75 III. Market Repo 1,43,070.44 6.59 4.00-6.95 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,911.30 6.76 6.75-6.80

I. SUMMARY OMO PURCHASE RESULTS Aggregate Amount (Face value) notified by RBI : ₹20,000 crore Total amount offered (Face value) by participants : ₹1,20,626 crore Total amount accepted (Face value) by RBI : ₹20,020 crore

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 28, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.00 lakh (Rupees Two Lakh only) on The Kosamba Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd., Dist. Surat, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Placement of Deposits with Other Banks by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks’ and ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred in 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 27, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.10 lakh (Rupees Two Lakh Ten Thousand only) on Shree Savli Nagrik Sahakari Bank Ltd., Dist. Vadodara, Gujarat (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 26A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Investment by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks’, ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’ and ‘Membership of Credit Information Companies (CICs) by Co-operative Banks’. 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 and Section 25 of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 28, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.00 lakh (Rupees Two Lakh only) on The Vadali Nagarik Sahakari Bank Ltd., Dist. Sabarkantha, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Loans and Advances to directors, relatives

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 28, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹4.00 lakh (Rupees Four Lakh only) on The Odisha State Co-operative Bank Ltd., (the bank) for non-compliance with the provisions of Section 9 and Section 26A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Section 46(4)(i) and 56 of BR Act.

As announced vide the Press Release 2024-2025/1933 dated January 15, 2025, the Reserve Bank will be conducting daily Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auctions on all working days in Mumbai with reversal taking place on the next working day, until further notice.

Security 7.59% GS 2029 7.18% GS 2033 7.10% GS 2034 6.79% GS 2034 7.18% GS 2037 Total amount notified Aggregate amount of ₹20,000 crore (no security-wise notified amount) Total amount (face value) accepted by RBI (₹ in crores) NIL 4,375 4,125 5,000 6,520 Cut off yield (%) NA 6.7764 6.7448 6.6747 6.8521 Cut off price (₹) NA 102.58 102.39 100.80 102.72

The Reserve Bank of India, on January 27, 2025, has superseded the board of directors of Aviom India Housing Finance Private Limited, and appointed Shri Ram Kumar, ex-Chief General Manager, Punjab National Bank, as the Administrator. In exercise of powers conferred under Section 45-IE (5) (a) of the RBI Act 1934, the Reserve Bank has constituted a three-member Advisory Committee to assist the Administrator in discharge of his duties. The members of the Advisory Committee are as follows:

The Reserve Bank of India has today (January 30, 2025) filed an application for initiation of CIRP against Aviom India Housing Finance Private Limited, under Section 227 read with clause (zk) of sub-section (2) of Section 239 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (“IBC”), 2016 read with Rules 5 and 6 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Insolvency and Liquidation Proceedings of Financial Service Providers and Application to Adjudication Authority) Rules, 2019 (“FSP Insolvency Rules”) at the New Delhi Bench of the Hon’ble National Company Law Tribunal.

Government of India has announced the sale (re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on January 31, 2025 (Friday). As per the extant scheme of underwriting commitment notified on November 14, 2007, the amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) auction, applicable to each Primary Dealer (PD), are as under:

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,50,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 1,17,354 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 1,17,354 Cut off Rate (%) 6.51 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.51 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) NA

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 5,28,986.59 6.50 3.95-6.90 I. Call Money 13,598.84 6.58 5.10-6.65 II. Triparty Repo 3,58,446.55 6.46 6.14-6.59 III. Market Repo 1,55,029.90 6.59 3.95-6.85 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,911.30 6.85 6.80-6.90

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been publishing a composite Reserve Bank of India – Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) since January 1, 2021 with March 2018 as base to capture the extent of digitisation of payments across the country. The index for September 2024 stands at 465.33 as against 445.5 for March 2024, which was announced on July 26, 2024.