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7.04% GS 2029 7.23% GS 2039 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹12,000 crore ₹12,000 crore ₹11,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 100.85/6.8279% 102.30/6.9758% 103.58/7.0686% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹12,000 crore ₹12,000 crore ₹11,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL NIL

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been publishing a composite Reserve Bank of India – Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) since January 1, 2021 with March 2018 as base to capture the extent of digitisation of payments across the country. The index for March 2024 stands at 445.50 as against 418.77 for September 2023.  The RBI-DPI index has increased across all parameters driven by significant growth in payment performance and payment infrastructure across the country over the period.  The index series since its inception is as under:  Period RBI - DPI Index March 2018 (Base) 100 March 2019 153.47 September 2019 173.49 March 2020 207.84 September 2020 217.74 March 2021 270.59 September 2021 304.06 March 2022 349.30 September 2022 377.46 March 2023 395.57 September 2023 418.77 March 2024 445.50   (Puneet Pancholy) Chief General Manager Press Release: 2024-2025/774

Tenor 14-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,50,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 23,420 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 23,420 Cut off Rate (%) 6.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate NA Ajit Prasad Deputy General Manager (Communications) Press Release: 2024-2025/773

In the underwriting auctions conducted on July 26, 2024, 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: (₹ crore) Nomenclature of the Security  Notified Amount  Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) Amount Additional Competitive Underwriting Amount Accepted Total Amount underwritten  ACU Commission Cut-off rate (paise per ₹100) 7.04% GS 2029 12,000 6,006 5,994 12,000 0.05 7.23% GS 2039 12,000 6,006 5,994 12,000 0.07 7.34% GS 2064 11,000 5,502 5,498 11,000 0.09 Auction for the sale of securities will be held on July 26, 2024. Ajit Prasad Deputy General Manager (Communications) Press Release: 2024-2025/772

MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 587,006.90 6.46 3.00-6.85 I. Call Money 9,436.54 6.56 5.10-6.70 II. Triparty Repo 407,485.90 6.45 6.30-6.60 III. Market Repo 169,395.75 6.49 3.00-6.70 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 688.71 6.72 6.70-6.85 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 87.90 6.35 6.24-6.55 II. Term Money@@ 244.00 - 6.80-7.00 III. Triparty Repo 692.75 6.56 6.55-6.60 IV. Market Repo 1,982.90 6.51 6.50-6.70

The Reserve Bank of India today released the draft circular on ‘Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards – Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) – Review of Haircuts on High Quality Liquid Assets (HQLA) and Run-off Rates on Certain Categories of Deposits’. Comments on the draft circular are invited from banks and other stakeholders by August 31, 2024. Feedback on the draft circular may be forwarded to: The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Reserve Bank of India Department of Regulation 12th Floor, Central Office Building Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort Mumbai – 400001 Or by email with subject line "Feedback on Draft circular on modification to LCR framework".

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated July 19, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on Jilla Sahakari Kendriya Bank Maryadit, Khargone, Madhya Pradesh (the bank), for contravention of the 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 vested in RBI, conferred under section 47A(1)(c) read with section 46(4)(i) and section 56 of the BR Act.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated July 22, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on Jharkhand State Co-operative Bank Ltd, Ranchi (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Know your Customer (KYC) norms’. 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.

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction on July 26, 2024, Friday, as under: Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 1,50,000 14 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM August 09, 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.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Money Supply for the fortnight ended July 12, 2024.