Press Releases

The Reserve Bank had cautioned members of public against frauds in the name of KYC updation vide its Press Release dated September 13, 2021. In the wake of continuing incidents/ reports of customers falling prey to frauds being perpetrated in the name of KYC updation, RBI once again urges the members of public to exercise caution and due care to prevent loss and safeguard themselves from such malicious practices.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 29, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five lakh only) on Bajaj Housing Finance Limited, Pune (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the ‘Non-Banking Financial Company - Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021’ issued by the RBI. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 52A read with clause (aa) of sub-section (3) of section 49 of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets*  (₹ Crore)  Item  2023  2024  Variation  Jan. 27  Jan. 19  Jan. 26  Week  Year  1  2  3  4  5  4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government  0  0  0  0  0  4.2 State Governments  16745  18712  12810  -5902  -3935  * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Auction Results  7.32% GS 2030  7.18% GS 2037  7.25% GS 2063  7.37% GOI SGrB 2054  I.  Notified Amount  ₹12000 Crore  ₹10000 Crore  ₹12000 Crore  ₹5000 Crore  II.  Underwriting Notified Amount  ₹12000 Crore  ₹10000 Crore  ₹12000 Crore  ₹5000 Crore  III.  Competitive Bids Received (i)  Number  152  168  267  86  (ii) Amount  ₹ 28002 Crore  ₹ 29830.500 Crore  ₹ 32214 Crore  ₹ 12125 Crore  IV.  Cut-off price / Yield  101.75  100.90  101.33  102.84  (YTM: 6.9883%)  (YTM: 7.0749%)  (YTM: 7.1475%)  (YTM: 7.1387%)  V.  Competitive Bids Accepted(i)  Number  42  27  69  31  (ii) Amount  ₹ 11981.747 Crore  ₹ 9992.531 Crore  ₹ 11990.055 Crore  ₹ 4998.455 Crore

7.32% GS 2030  7.18% GS 2037  7.25% GS 2063  7.37% GOI SGrB 2054  I.  Notified Amount  ₹12,000 crore  ₹10,000 crore  ₹12,000 crore  ₹5,000 crore  II.  Cut off Price / Implicit Yield at cut-off  101.75/ 6.9883%  100.90/ 7.0749%  101.33/ 7.1475%  102.84/ 7.1387%  III.  Amount accepted in the auction  ₹12,000 crore  ₹10,000 crore  ₹12,000 crore  ₹5,000 crore  IV.  Devolvement on Primary Dealers  NIL  NIL  NIL  NIL  Ajit Prasad Director (Communications)  Press Release: 2023-2024/1790

Tenor  4-day  Notified Amount (in ₹ crore)  50,000  Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore)  3,975  Amount accepted (in ₹ crore)  3,975  Cut off Rate (%)  6.49  Weighted Average Rate (%)  6.48  Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate  NA  Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1789

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo auction on February 02, 2024, Friday, as under:

In the underwriting auctions conducted on February 02, 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:

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent)MONEY MARKETS@ Volume 
(One Leg)Weighted Average Rate Range A.Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)  8,648.49 6.63 5.00-7.09 I. Call Money 11,496.33 6.745.00-6.86

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had announced the withdrawal of ₹2000 denomination banknotes from circulation vide Press Release 2023-2024/257 dated May 19, 2023. The status of withdrawal of ₹2000 banknotes is periodically published by the RBI. The last press release in this regard was published on January 01, 2024.