The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated December 6, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹75,000/- (Rupees Seventy Five Thousand only) on The Udumalpet Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd., Tamil Nadu (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Loans and advances to directors, their relatives, and firms/concerns in which they are interested’ and ‘Exposure Norms and Statutory / Other Restrictions – UCBs’. 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 Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated December 6, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One Lakh only) on The Pondicherry Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd., Puducherry (the bank) for non-compliance with specific directions issued by RBI under ‘Supervisory Action Framework (SAF)’ and certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’. 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 Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on December 13, 2024, Friday, as under:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated December 10, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five lakh only) on The Ropar Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Ropar, Punjab (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 26A read with Section 56 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 Sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act.

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 November 2024.

Government of India has announced the sale (issue / re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on December 13, 2024.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 01-Dec-2023 15-Nov-2024* 29-Nov-2024* 01-Dec-2023 15-Nov-2024* 29-Nov-2024* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 249012.95 286037.41 273721.88 252864.88 291221.79 278500.30** b) Borrowings from banks 200300.56 135263.61 136378.04 200371.41 135338.08 136401.00 c) Other demand & time liabilities 71526.81 24650.32 24840.15 72234.28 25006.84 25175.79

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 587,676.92 6.66 3.00-7.15 I. Call Money 11,007.27 6.70 5.50-6.90 II. Triparty Repo 424,300.60 6.65 6.00-6.78 III. Market Repo 151,000.35 6.67 3.00-6.90 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,368.70 6.86 6.85-7.15

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended December 06, 2024 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended November 29, 2024.

Shri Sanjay Malhotra, an Indian Administrative Service Officer of 1990 Batch Rajasthan Cadre, took over charge as the 26th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India effective December 11, 2024. Immediately prior to this appointment, Shri Malhotra was Secretary, Department of Revenue (DOR) in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, before which Shri Malhotra held the post of Secretary in Department of Financial Services in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.