The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹34,150 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State/ UT Amount to be raised (₹ Crore) Tenor (Year) Type of Auction 1. Assam 450 06 Yield 2. Goa 100 12 Yield 3. Gujarat 2000 09 Yield 4. Haryana 1000 14 Yield 1000 Re-issue of 8.44% Haryana SDL 2034, issued on March 06, 2019 Price

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Aug. 16 Aug. 08 Aug. 15 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 26767 42792 34130 -8662 7363 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The 618th meeting of the Central Board of Directors of Reserve Bank of India was held today in Lucknow under the Chairmanship of Shri Sanjay Malhotra, Governor. The Board assessed the emerging global and domestic economic landscape, including the geopolitical and financial market developments and associated challenges. The Board reviewed the functioning of select Central Office Departments of the Bank and also of Committees of Central Board and the Ombudsman Scheme.

(Amount in ₹ Crore) Auction Results 5.91% GS 2028 6.33% GS 2035 I. Notified Amount 6,000 30,000 II. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 83 400 (ii) Amount 21,922.000 70,397.283 III. Cut-off price / Yield 99.75 98.39 (YTM: 6.0032%) (YTM: 6.5553%)

5.91% GS 2028 6.33% GS 2035 I. Notified Amount ₹6,000 crore ₹30,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 99.75/6.0032% 98.39/6.5553% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹6,000 crore ₹30,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL

In terms of Para 13 of the Consolidated Procedural Guidelines on the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular IDMD.CDD.1100/14.04.050/2021-22 dated October 22, 2021, premature redemption of the gold bonds is permitted after five years from the date of issue of such bonds. 2. Accordingly, the details of tranches falling due for premature redemption during the period October 01, 2025 – March 31, 2026, along with the window available for submission of request for premature redemption by the investors are as under:

Tenor 7-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,25,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 75,781 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 75,781 Cut off Rate (%) 5.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 5.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate NA

In the underwriting auction conducted on August 22, 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: Nomenclature of the Security Notified Amount (₹ crore) Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) Amount (₹ crore) Additional Competitive Underwriting Amount Accepted (₹ crore) Total Amount underwritten (₹ crore) ACU Commission Cut-off rate (Paise per ₹100)

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 6,34,112.67 5.42 0.20-6.55 I. Call Money 19,022.22 5.52 4.75-5.75 II. Triparty Repo 4,15,978.15 5.55 5.40-5.77 III. Market Repo 1,96,101.80 5.13 0.20-5.90 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 3,010.50 5.72 5.60-6.55

In May 2016, the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 was amended to provide a statutory basis for the implementation of the flexible inflation targeting (FIT) framework in India. As per Section 45ZA of the RBI Act, 1934, the Central Government shall, in consultation with the Reserve Bank, determine the inflation target in terms of the CPI, once in every five years. The Central Government initially notified the inflation target with the tolerance band on August 5, 2016, for the period 2016-2021. In the first review conducted in March 2021, this target was retained for the subsequent five years till March 2026. A second review of the target is now due by end-March 2026.