Press Releases

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.

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on January 28, 2025 is as under: (Amount in ₹ Crore) ASSAM 2045 BIHAR 2037 BIHAR 2045 GUJARAT 2034 Notified Amount 500 1000 1000 1000 Tenure 20 12 20 9 Competitive Bids Received (i) No. 8 38 3 67 (ii) Amount 1245 2880 2150 4890 Cut off Price (₹)/ Yield (%) 7.11 7.12 7.11 7.05 Competitive Bids Accepted (i) No. 2 25 2 7 (ii) Amount 494.984 982.995 999.993 974.950

Sr. No State/UT Amount to be raised (₹ Crore) Amount Accepted (₹ Crore) Cut off Price (₹)/ Yield (%) Tenure (Year) 1. Assam 500 500 7.11 20 2. Bihar 1000 1000 7.12 12 1000 1000 7.11 20 3. Gujarat 1000 1000 7.05 09 1000 1000 7.03 10 4. Haryana 2000 2000 7.14 13 5. Jammu and Kashmir 300 300 7.08 30 6. Karnataka 2000 2000 7.13 16

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 2,00,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 1,39,281 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 1,39,281 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) 5,48,635.18 6.55 5.10-6.85 I. Call Money 12,208.54 6.57 5.10-6.65 II. Triparty Repo 3,82,808.20 6.53 6.25-6.58 III. Market Repo 1,51,866.04 6.60 5.95-6.75 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,752.40 6.80 6.80-6.85

The Reserve Bank has today published the Payment System Report, December 2024. This report, in addition to analysing the trends in payment transactions carried out using various payment systems in India during the last five calendar years up to CY-2024, covers important developments in the payment ecosystem and provides an in-depth analysis into UPI. Henceforth, the Report will be published on RBI website on half yearly basis.

The Governor, Reserve Bank of India held meetings with the MD & CEOs of Public Sector Banks and select Private Sector Banks on January 27, 2025 in Mumbai. These interactions are part of the Reserve Bank's continuous engagement with the Senior Management of its Supervised Entities. The meetings were also attended by Deputy Governors Shri M. Rajeshwar Rao, Shri T. Rabi Sankar and Shri Swaminathan J., along with Executive Directors-in-Charge of Regulation and Supervision. The previous such meeting was held on July 3, 2024.

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: Sr No Security Date of Repayment Notified Amount (₹ Crore) GoI specific Notification Auction Date Settlement Date 1 6.79% GS 2031 Dec 30, 2031 10,000 F.No.4(3)-B(W&M)/2024 dated January 27, 2025 January 31, 2025 (Friday) February 03, 2025 (Monday) 2 6.79% GOI SGrB 2034 Dec 02, 2034 5,000 3 7.34% GS 2064 Apr 22, 2064 15,000 Total 30,000

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 24, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.50 lakh (Rupees One Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on The Kheralu Nagrik Sahakari Bank Limited, Dist. Mehsana, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on ‘Investment by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks’ and

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 23, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.50 lakh (Rupees Five Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on Marketyard Commercial Cooperative Bank Limited, Unjha, Dist. Mehsana, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Donations / Contributions for public /charitable purposes out of profits of UCBs’, ‘Donations to Trusts and Institutions where Directors, their relatives hold position or are interested’, ‘Loans and advances to directors, their relatives, and firms / concerns in which they are interested’ and ‘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.