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In order to enable institutional and retail investors to plan their investments efficiently and to provide transparency and stability to the Government Securities Market, the Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the Government of India, hereby, notifies the indicative calendar for issuance of Government dated securities, including Sovereign Green Bonds (SGrBs), for the first half of the fiscal year 2025-26 (April 01, 2025 to September 30, 2025). The issuance calendar is as under:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated March 25, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹0.75 lakh (Rupees Seventy Five Thousand only) on The Jalna People’s Cooperative Bank Ltd., Jalna, Maharashtra (the bank) for non-compliance with the RBI Directions on ‘Gold Loan – Bullet Repayment – Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs)’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated March 13, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.70 lakh (Rupees Two Lakh Seventy Thousand only) on The Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd., Paralakhemundi, Odisha (the bank) for non-compliance with the certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Exposure Norms and Statutory / Other Restrictions- UCBs’ and ‘Membership

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of March 2025 are set out in Tables 1 to 7.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated March 25, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹15.00 lakh (Rupees Fifteen Lakh only) on NKGSB Co-operative Bank Limited, Mumbai (the bank), for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Management of Advances - UCBs’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.  

As announced vide the Press Release 2024-2025/1933 dated January 15, 2025 , the Reserve Bank will be conducting daily Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auctions on all working days in Mumbai with reversal taking place on the next working day, until further notice.

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of February 2025 collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks, accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed by all scheduled commercial banks, are set out in Statements I and II. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit as on the fortnight ended February 21, 2025 grew at 12.0 per cent as compared to 16.6 per cent for the corresponding fortnight of the previous year (February 23, 2024).

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 75,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 21,392 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 21,392 Cut off Rate (%) 6.26 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.26 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) NA

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 5,87,112.89 6.14 3.00-6.46 I. Call Money 13,209.17 6.20 5.15-6.35 II. Triparty Repo 4,14,106.80 6.10 5.60-6.26 III. Market Repo 1,58,230.02 6.23 3.00-6.40 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,566.90 6.45 6.45-6.46

The Reserve Bank of India issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to Shree Mahalaxmi Urban Co-operative Credit Bank Ltd., Gokak vide Directive No. CO.DOS.SED.No.S4800/12-23-151/2024-2025 dated September 26, 2024, for a period of six months up to close of business on March  27, 2025. The Reserve Bank of India is satisfied that in the pu

In terms of the paragraph 1(x) of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated February 06, 2020 , Standalone Primary Dealers (SPDs) were allowed to participate in all overnight liquidity management operations (except Marginal Standing Facility) under the current Liquidity Management Framework dated February 06, 2020 . SPDs were also allowed to participate in other operations such as long-term Variable Rate Repo (VRR) operations and daily VRRs on a case-to-case basis.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated March 24, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹68.20 lakh (Rupees Sixty Eight Lakh Twenty Thousand only) on Punjab & Sind Bank (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Creation of a Central Repository of Large Common Exposures – Across Banks’ read with ‘Central Repository of lnformation on Large Credits (CRlLC) – Revision in Reporting’ and ‘Financial Inclusion - Access to Banking Services – Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA)’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Sections 46(4)(i) and 51(1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated March 24, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹75.00 lakh (Rupees Seventy Five Lakh only) on HDFC Bank Limited (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’ . This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(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 March 24, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹10 lakh (Rupees Ten Lakh only) on KLM Axiva Finvest Limited (the company) for non-compliance with

As announced vide the Press Release 2024-2025/1933 dated January 15, 2025 , the Reserve Bank will be conducting daily Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auctions on all working days in Mumbai with reversal taking place on the next working day, until further notice.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended March 21, 2025.

As per Section 45ZI of Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, it has been decided that the Monetary Policy Committee will meet during the 2024-25 on the dates indicated below:

Auction Results 91 Days 182 Days 364 Days I. Notified Amount ₹14,000 Crore ₹12,000 Crore ₹7,000 Crore II. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 95 121 117 (ii) Amount ₹27422.500 Crore ₹43554 Crore ₹41076.550 Crore III. Cut-off price / Yield 98.4005 96.8523 93.9390 (YTM: 6.5199%) (YTM: 6.5179%) (YTM: 6.4698%) IV. Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number 69 4 12 (ii) Amount ₹13973.590 Crore ₹11987.461 Crore ₹6995.594 Crore

I. T-Bill 91 days 182 days 364 days II. Total Face Value Notified ₹14,000 Crore ₹12,000 Crore ₹7,000 Crore III. Cut-off Price and Implicit Yield at Cut-Off Price 98.4005 (YTM:6.5199%) 96.8523 (YTM: 6.5179%) 93.9390 (YTM: 6.4698%) IV. Total Face Value Accepted ₹14,000 Crore ₹12,000 Crore ₹7,000 Crore

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 75,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 35,486 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 35,486 Cut off Rate (%) 6.26 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.27 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) NA