Press Releases

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Basic Statistical Return on Credit by Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) in India – March 2024’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ (DBIE) portal (https://dbie.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications). The publication provides information on various characteristics of bank credit in India, based on data submitted by SCBs {including Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)} under the annual ‘Basic Statistical Return (BSR) – 1’ system, which collects information on type of account, organisation, occupation/activity and category of the borrower, district and population group of the place of utilisation of credit, rate of interest, credit limit and amount outstanding.

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on June 04, 2024 is as under: (Amount in ₹Crore)  ANDHRA PRADESH 2042 ANDHRA PRADESH 2044 ANDHRA PRADESH 2046 ANDHRA PRADESH 2049 Notified Amount 1000 1000 1000 1000 Tenure 18 20 22 25 Competitive Bids Received (i) No. 32 14 10 13 (ii) Amount 1680 2115 1415 1540 Cut off Yield (%) 7.43 7.43 7.43 7.38 Competitive Bids Accepted

Tenor 3-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 50,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 2,700 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 2,700 Cut off Rate (%) 6.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate NA

Sr. No.    State/UT    Amount to be raised (₹Crore)    Amount Accepted (₹ Crore)    Cut off Yield (%)    Tenure (Year) 1.    Andhra Pradesh    1000    1000    7.43    18 1000    1000    7.43    20 1000    1000    7.43    22 1000    1000    7.38    25 

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a second Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction on June 04, 2024, Tuesday, as under: Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 50,000 3 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM June 07, 2024 (Friday) 2. The operational guidelines for the auction as given in the Reserve Bank’s Press Release 2019-2020/1947 dated February 13, 2020 will remain the same.

Tenor 3-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 50,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 41,730 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 41,730 Cut off Rate (%) 6.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.48 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate NA

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction on June 04, 2024, Tuesday, as under: Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 50,000 3 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM June 07, 2024 (Friday)  2. The operational guidelines for the auction as given in the Reserve Bank’s Press Release 2019-2020/1947 dated February 13, 2020 will remain the same. (Puneet Pancholy)

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@  Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 553,765.54 6.35 1.00-7.45 I. Call Money 10,519.04 6.46 5.10-6.55 II. Triparty Repo 362,057.40 6.32 6.05-6.45 III. Market Repo 180,309.10 6.38 1.00-6.55 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 880.00 6.63 6.55-7.45

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated May 22, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹3.00 lakh (Rupees Three lakh only) on The Bavla Nagarik Sahakari Bank Ltd., Dist. Ahmedabad, 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’ and ‘Master Direction - Know Your Customer (KYC) Direction, 2016’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI, conferred under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949

Government of India (GOI) has announced the sale (re-issue) of two dated securities for a notified amount of ₹29,000 crore as per the following details: Sr No Security Date of Repayment Notified Amount (Rs. crore) GoI specific Notification Auction Date Settlement Date 1 7.10% GS 2034 April 08, 2034 20,000 F.No.4(3)-B(W&M)/2024 dated June 03, 2024 June 07, 2024 (Friday) June 10, 2024 (Monday) 2 7.30% GS 2053 June 19, 2053 9,000 Total 29,000