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The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period April 29 - May 03, 2024.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended June 21, 2024 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended June 14, 2024.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 589,693.74 6.52 5.10-6.85 I. Call Money 15,147.06 6.59 5.10-6.75 II. Triparty Repo 408,238.65 6.50 6.25-6.64 III. Market Repo 165,438.03 6.54 5.50-6.85 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 870.00 6.75 6.73-6.80

Today, the Reserve Bank released data relating to India’s International Investment Position for end-March 2024[1]. Key Features IIP during January-March 2024: Net claims of non-residents on India declined by US$ 6.4 billion during Q4:2023-24 to US$ 361.7 billion as at end-March 2024. Indian residents’ overseas financial assets recorded higher rise (US$ 38.1 billion) as compared to that in the foreign-owned assets in India (US$ 31.7 billion), which led to the decline in net claims of non-residents during the quarter (Table 1).

The stock of external debt at end-March 2024 as well as revised data for earlier quarters are set out in Statements I (IMF format[1]) and II (old format). The major developments relating to India’s external debt as at end-March 2024 are presented below. Highlights At end-March 2024, India’s external debt was placed at US$ 663.8 billion, an increase of US$ 39.7 billion over its level at end-March 2023 (Table 1).
The external debt to GDP ratio declined to 18.7 per cent at end-March 2024 from 19.0 per cent at end-March 2023.
Valuation effect due to the appreciation of the US dollar vis-à-vis the Indian rupee and other major currencies such as yen, the euro and SDR[2] amounted to US$ 8.7 billion. Excluding the valuation effect, external debt would have increased by US$ 48.4 billion instead of US$ 39.7 billion at end-March 2024 over end-March 2023.
At end-March 2024, long-term debt (with original maturity of above one year) was placed at US$ 541.2 billion, recording an increase of US$ 45.6 billion over its level at end-March 2023.
The share of short-term debt (with original maturity of up to one year) in total external debt declined to 18.5 per cent at end-March 2024 from 20.6 per cent at end-March 2023. Similarly, the ratio of short-term debt (original maturity) to foreign exchange reserves declined to 19.0 per cent at end-March 2024 (22.2 per cent at end-March 2023).
Short-term debt on residual maturity basis (i.e., debt obligations that include long-term debt by original maturity falling due over the next twelve months and short-term debt by original maturity) constituted 42.9 per cent of total external debt at end-March 2024 (44.0 per cent at end-March 2023) and stood at 44.1 per cent of foreign exchange reserves (47.4 per cent at end-March 2023) (Table 2).
US dollar-denominated debt remained the largest component of India’s external debt, with a share of 53.8 per cent at end-March 2024, followed by debt denominated in the Indian rupee (31.5 per cent), yen (5.8 per cent), SDR (5.4 per cent), and euro (2.8 per cent).

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on June 25, 2024 is as under: (Amount in ₹Crore) ANDHRA PRADESH 2035 ANDHRA PRADESH 2044 HARYANA 2036 JAMMU AND KASHMIR UT 2054 Notified Amount 1000 1000 1500 500 Tenure 11 20 12 30 Competitive Bids Received (i) No. 85 22 94 12 (ii) Amount 6060 2725 6548 1350.50 Cut off Yield (%) 7.34 7.31 7.33 7.28 Competitive Bids Accepted (i) No. 14 11 11 3 (ii) Amount 900 984.945 1350 499.925

The Reserve Bank of India issued All Inclusive Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to Colour Merchants Co-operative Bank Ltd., Ahmedabad vide Directive AMD.DOS.SSM.No.S1053/11-03-039/2023-2024 dated September 25, 2023, for a period of six months up to close of business on March 25, 2024, which was last extended up to June 25, 2024 vide Directive DOR.MON/D-141/12.21.039/2023-24 dated March 18, 2024.

Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised (₹Crore) Amount Accepted (₹ Crore) Cut off Yield (%) Tenure (Year) 1 Andhra Pradesh 1000 1000 7.34 11 1000 1000 7.31 20 2 Haryana 1500 1500 7.33 12 3 Jammu and Kashmir 500 500 7.28 30 4 Kerala 1500 1500 7.32 17 5 Mizoram 71 71 7.36 15 6 Rajasthan 1500 1500 7.34 10 1000 1000 7.33 19 1500 1500 7.33 20 7 Tamil Nadu 3000 3000 7.27 30 8 Telangana 1000 1000 7.31 18 9 West Bengal 2000 2000 7.34 15 1500 1500 7.34 18 Total 17,071 17,071

In terms of GOI Notification F.No. 4(25) - W&M/2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series XIII -Issue date December 26, 2017) on Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, premature redemption of Gold Bond may be permitted after fifth year from the date of issue of such Gold Bond on the date on which interest is payable. Accordingly, the next due date of premature redemption of the above tranche shall be on June 26, 2024.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 572,900.67 6.60 5.10-7.10 I. Call Money 15,333.45 6.71 5.10-6.85 II. Triparty Repo 388,662.95 6.57 6.24-6.65 III. Market Repo 167,989.27 6.64 5.50-6.79 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 915.00 6.88 6.85-7.10