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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 30, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹10 lakh (Rupees Ten lakh only) on Mercedes-Benz Financial Services India Private Limited (formerly known as Daimler Financial Services India Private Limited) (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Direction, 2016. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 58G read with clause (aa) of sub-section (5) of Section 58B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 25, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹13.38 lakh (Rupees Thirteen lakh and thirty eight thousand only) on Kosamattam Finance Limited, Kottayam (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the “Non-Banking Financial Company - Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company and Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016”. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 25(1)(iii) read with Section 23(4) of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (CIC (R) Act) and Section 58G (1)(b) read with Section 58B(5)(aa) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (RBI Act).

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 30, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹30 lakh (Rupees Thirty lakh only) on Federal Bank Ltd. (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions contained in ‘Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI conferred under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with Section 46 (4) (i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 30, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹72 lakh (Rupees Seventy Two lakh only) on Punjab National Bank (the bank) for non-compliance with certain provisions of ‘Reserve Bank of India (Interest Rate on Deposits) Directions, 2016’, ‘Reserve Bank of India (Interest Rate on Advances) Directions, 2016’ and ‘Master Circular on Customer Service in Banks’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI conferred under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with Sections 46 (4) (i) and 51(1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

In the underwriting auctions conducted on November 03, 2023 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) WeightedAverage Rate RangeA. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)    489,926.16 6.72    5.00-7.80 I. Call Money    11,504.01 6.71 5.00-6.85

Auction Results    7.37% GS 2028    7.18% GS 2033    New GS 2073I. Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore ₹13000 Crore ₹10000 CroreII. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore ₹13000 Crore ₹10000 CroreIII. Competitive Bids Received

Tenor 14-dayNotified Amount (in ₹ crore) 50,000Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 20,482Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 20,482

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹25,750 Crore (Face Value).

Sr. No.State / UTAmount to be raised
(₹ Cr)Additional Borrowing (Greenshoe) Option
(₹ Cr)Tenure
(Year)Type of Auction

1Assam1000-10Yield

2Bihar2000-15Yield

3Goa100-10Yield

4Haryana1000-12Yield

5Jammu and Kashmir900-27Yield

6Karnataka3000-

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo auction on November 03, 2023, Friday, as under: