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Reserve Bank of India launched a Centralised Web Portal उद्गम UDGAM (Unclaimed Deposits – Gateway to Access inforMation) on August 17, 2023 for the public to facilitate and make it easier for them to search their unclaimed deposits across multiple banks at one place.

The search facility was initially made available on the portal for seven banks and it was intimated to public that the search facility for remaining banks on the portal would be made available in a phased manner by October 15, 2023. The members of public are hereby informed that, the search facility for 30 banks has been made available on the portal on September 28, 2023, which covers around 90% of such unclaimed deposits (in value terms) in Depositor Education and Awareness (DEA) Fund.

(Yogesh Dayal)      
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2023-2024/1048

Government of India has announced the sale (re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on October 06, 2023.

As per the extant scheme of underwriting notified on November 14, 2007, the amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) for the underwriting auction, applicable to each Primary Dealer (PD), are as under:

(₹ crore)

SecurityNotified AmountMinimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) amount per PDMinimum bidding commitment per PD under ACU auction

7.06% GS 20287,000167167

7.18% GS 203313,000310310

7.30% GS 205310,000239239

The underwriting auction will be conducted through multiple price-based method on October 06, 2023 (Friday). PDs may submit their bids for ACU auction electronically through Core Banking Solution (E- Kuber) System between 10.30 A.M. and 11.00 A.M. on the day of underwriting auction.

The underwriting commission will be credited to the current account of the respective PDs with RBI on the day of issue of securities.

Ajit Prasad            
Director (Communications)

Press Release: 2023-2024/1046

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs)ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 23-Sep-2208-SEP-2023*22-SEP-2023*23-Sep-2208-SEP-2023*22-SEP-2023* ILIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks.185703.85253481.66243807.14188640.83255860.31246146.77** b) Borrowings from banks57304.07188137.54195119.257338.07188207.97195203.11 c) Other demand & time liabilities46955.9469409.9270309.947474.3870117.3770375.59 IILIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposits (other than from banks)17031994.6219383942.24 (19240124.52)19275841.49 (19133844.78)17454902.1919823692.2 (19679874.48)19714798.74 (19572802.03) i) Demand1981190.632194425.232199832.662025927.792239958.522245091.87 ii) Time15050803.9917189516.9417076008.9115428974.417583733.6117469706.95 b) Borrowings @531878.55845916.87839112.11537170.08850211.62843305.51 c) Other demand & time liabilities691762.8873173.15878564.56704631.55887113.13892521.09

IIIBORROWINGS FROM R.B.I. (B)103965.1628186.49187948103965.1628186.49187948

 Against usance bills and / or prom. Notes      

IVCASH110168.299284.0194141.33113183.09101609.3696589.85

VBALANCES WITH R.B.I. (B)767170.74992545.97959345.47785714.11012625.98979142.3

VIASSETS WITH BANKING SYSTEM      

 a) Balances with other banks      

 i) In current accounts23252.839952.278640.9626501.5312651.0411236.59

 ii) In other accounts164333.92175229.57173116.9201290.04213521.24211610.32

 b) Money at call & short notice13576.4325533.6522686.3632417.0341662.6139873.78

 c) Advances to banks (i.e. due from bks.)41529.6147364.6246799.9641977.5148185.5747554.86 £

 d) Other assets55090.892373.7993496.5358659.2395276.2496272.91

VIIINVESTMENTS (At book value)5075621.985982861.04
(5869994.88)5981356.32
(5868391.34)5222891.356131108.26
(6018242.10)6128399.57
(6015434.59)

 a) Central & State Govt. securities+5074818.55982086.135980660.085216388.956124176.686121397.24

 b) Other approved securities803.49774.9696.246502.396931.587002.33

VIIIBANK CREDIT (Excluding Inter-Bank Advances)12629874.7915039168.68
(14444840.83)15151318.89
(14558878.43)13007886.5915433148.27
(14838820.42)15534392.74
(14941952.28)

 a) Loans, cash credits & Overdrafts $12393420.7314783209.9514891524.7712768531.5815174352.4915271834.61

 b) Inland Bills purchased35836.6944672.7444986.0735854.3844686.7845000.2

 c) Inland Bills discounted155850.37170730.78174846.68157963.74172894.78176948.51

 d) Foreign Bills purchased16882.6616713.9316500.4417061.8916943.0416735.29

 e) Foreign Bills discounted27884.3323841.2523460.9628475.0124271.1623874.16

I.T-Bill91 days182 days364 days II.Total Face Value Notified₹7,000 Crore₹8,000 Crore₹9,000 Crore III.Cut-off Price and Implicit Yield at Cut-Off Price98.3175 (YTM: 6.8640%)96.5808 (YTM: 7.0999%)93.3610 (YTM: 7.1306%) IV.Total Face Value Accepted₹7,000 Crore₹8,000 Crore₹9,000 Crore Ajit Prasad            
Director (Communications)

Press Release: 2023-2024/1039

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), vide order dated October 4, 2023, has cancelled the licence of Nagar Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Consequently, the bank ceases to carry on banking business, with effect from the close of business on October 04, 2023. The Additional Secretary & Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India has also been requested to issue an order for winding up the bank and appoint a liquidator for the bank.

RBI cancelled the licence of the bank as:

1. The bank does not have adequate capital and earning prospects. As such, it does not comply with the provisions of Section 11(1) and Section 22 (3) (d) read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

2. The bank has failed to comply with the requirements of Sections 22(3) (a), 22 (3) (b), 22(3)(c), 22(3) (d) and 22(3)(e) read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949;

3. The continuance of the bank is prejudicial to the interests of its depositors;

4. The bank with its present financial position would be unable to pay its present depositors in full; and

5. Public interest would be adversely affected if the bank is allowed to carry on its banking business any further.

2. Consequent to the cancellation of its licence, Nagar Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Ahmednagar, Maharashtra is prohibited from conducting the business of ‘banking’ which includes, among other things, acceptance of deposits and repayment of deposits as defined in Section 5 (b) read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 with immediate effect.

3. On liquidation, every depositor would be entitled to receive deposit insurance claim amount of his/her deposits up to a monetary ceiling of ₹5,00,000/- (Rupees five lakh only) from Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) subject to the provisions of DICGC Act, 1961. As per the data submitted by the bank, 95.15% of the depositors are entitled to receive full amount of their deposits from DICGC. As on March 31, 2023, DICGC has already paid ₹294.85 crore of the total insured deposits under the provisions of Section 18A of the DICGC Act, 1961 based on the willingness received from the concerned depositors of the bank.

(Yogesh Dayal)     
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2023-2024/1044

RBI had released the Discussion Paper on "Introduction of Expected Credit Loss Framework for Provisioning by Banks" on January 16, 2023, soliciting inputs from all stakeholders. The ECL approach to provisioning is a paradigm shift from the current incurred loss-based provisioning regime. The Discussion Paper envisages a forward looking, principle-based framework for provisioning for credit risk, which has already been implemented under International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).

2. Several comments have been received from various stakeholders on the issues flagged in the Discussion Paper, which are being examined by the Reserve Bank. While the regulatory stance to be taken in respect of each of the issues shall be examined by the Reserve Bank, it has been decided to constitute a Working Group in order to get independent inputs on some of the technical aspects having a bearing on the significant transition involved.

3. The Working Group will be chaired by Prof. R. Narayanaswamy, former Professor, IIM Bangalore and shall consist of domain experts from academia and industry as well as representatives from select banks as given below:

Prof. Sanjay Kallapur, ISB, Hyderabad

Shri Rajosik Banerjee, KPMG

Shri S Srinivasa Rao, SBI

Shri Rajendra Khandelwal, ICICI Bank

Shri Susanta Baishya, HDFC Bank

Shri Adish Yadav, Canara Bank

Shri Pravinkumar Taparia, Saraswat Co-operative Bank

Shri Sridharan N, Equitas Small Finance Bank

4. The Terms of Reference for the Working Group would be as follows:

Delineate the principles that will be required to be considered by banks while designing the credit risk models to be used for assessing and measuring expected credit losses.

Recommend factors that banks should consider for determination of credit risk based on the guidance provided in IFRS 9 and principles laid out by BCBS.

Suggest the methodology to be used for undertaking external independent validation of the models.

Recommend, based on comprehensive data analysis, prudential floors for provisioning.

Any other issue incidental to the above.
5. The recommendations of the Working Group would be duly factored in while framing the draft guidelines, which shall be put in the public domain for comments before issue of final guidelines.

(Yogesh Dayal)     
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2023-2024/1043

Auction Results91 Days182 Days364 Days I.Notified Amount₹7000 Crore₹8000 Crore₹9000 Crore II.Competitive Bids Received (i) Number164174209 (ii) Amount₹18860.052 Crore₹19901.450 Crore₹21501 Crore III.Cut-off price / Yield98.317596.580893.3610 (YTM: 6.8640%)(YTM: 7.0999%)(YTM: 7.1306%) IV.Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number4484109 (ii) Amount₹6966.320 Crore₹7974.249 Crore₹8981.290 Crore V.Partial Allotment Percentage of Competitive Bids83.11%44.16%85.15% (3 Bids)(4 Bids)(1 Bid)

VI.Weighted Average Price/Yield98.334696.588993.3828

(WAY: 6.7930%)(WAY: 7.0825%)(WAY: 7.1056%)

VII.Non-Competitive Bids Received   

(i) Number864

(ii) Amount₹1557.680 Crore₹449.371 Crore₹302.840 Crore

VIII.Non-Competitive Bids Accepted   

(i) Number864

(ii) Amount₹1557.680 Crore₹449.371 Crore₹302.840 Crore

(iii) Partial Allotment Percentage---

Ajit Prasad            
Director (Communications)

Press Release: 2023-2024/1040

Date : Oct 04, 2023 Money Market Operations as on October 03, 2023 (Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted
Average RateRange A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)518,896.836.750.03-7.85 I. Call Money12,213.066.775.00-6.90 II. Triparty Repo368,046.706.756.68-6.85 III. Market Repo138,597.076.750.03-6.90 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond40.007.857.85-7.85 B. Term Segment   

     I. Notice Money**344.706.676.00-6.85

     II. Term Money@@603.00-6.75-7.00

     III. Triparty Repo2,527.006.656.60-6.70

     IV. Market Repo1,648.096.836.83-6.90

     V. Repo in Corporate Bond0.00--

RBI OPERATIONS@

 Auction DateTenor (Days)Maturity DateAmountCurrent Rate /
Cut off Rate

C. Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF), Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) & Standing Deposit Facility (SDF)

I. Today's Operations

1. Fixed Rate     

2. Variable Rate&     

  (I) Main Operation     

     (a) Repo     

     (b) Reverse Repo     

  (II) Fine Tuning Operations     

     (a) Repo     

     (b) Reverse Repo     

3. MSFTue, 03/10/20231Wed, 04/10/202389,746.006.75

4. SDFΔTue, 03/10/20231Wed, 04/10/202357,940.006.25

5. Net liquidity injected from today's operations [injection (+)/absorption (-)]*   31,806.00

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Shri Muneesh Kapur as Executive Director (ED) with effect from October 3, 2023.

Prior to being promoted as ED, Shri Kapur was Adviser-in-Charge, Monetary Policy Department and Secretary to the Monetary Policy Committee.

Over a span of nearly three decades in the Reserve Bank, Shri Kapur has worked in the areas of macroeconomic policy and research and monetary policy in Department of Economic and Policy Research and Monetary Policy Department in RBI. He also served as Adviser to Executive Director, International Monetary Fund during 2012-15.

As Executive Director, Shri Kapur will look after the Department of Economic and Policy Research.

Shri Muneesh Kapur holds a Master’s degree in Economics and is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB).

(Yogesh Dayal)     
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2023-2024/1041

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended September 29, 2023 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended September 22, 2023.

Ajit Prasad            
Director (Communications)

Press Release: 2023-2024/1042