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The rate of interest on Government of India Floating Rate Bond 2034 (GOI FRB 2034) applicable for the half year October 30, 2024 to April 29, 2025 shall be 7.53 per cent per annum. It may be recalled that FRB 2034 carries a coupon, which has a base rate equivalent to the average of the Weighted Average Yield (WAY) of last three auctions (from the rate fixing day i.e., October 30, 2024) of 182 Day T-Bills, plus a fixed spread (0.98 per cent).

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH). The November 2024 round of the survey is being launched. The survey aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, based on their individual consumption baskets, across 19 cities, viz., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram.

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS). The November 2024 round of the survey is being launched. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households, regarding their sentiments on general economic situation, employment scenario, price level, households’ income and spending.

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on October 29, 2024 is as under: (Amount in ₹ Crore) ANDHRA PRADESH 2039 ANDHRA PRADESH 2043 ANDHRA PRADESH 2047 BIHAR 2034 Notified Amount 1000 1000 1000 2000 Tenure 15 19 23 10 Competitive Bids Received (i) No. 55 33 14 42 (ii) Amount 3795 2370 2715 4395 Cut off Price (₹) / Yield (%) 7.15 7.17 7.16 7.15

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the 43rd half-yearly report on management of foreign exchange reserves with reference to end-September 2024. The position of foreign exchange reserves as on October 18, 2024 is as under: US $ Billion Foreign Exchange Reserves (i+ii+iii+iv)* 688.27 i. Foreign Currency Assets (FCA) 598.24 ii. Gold 67.44 iii. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 18.27 iv. Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) 4.32

Sr. No. State Amount to be raised (₹ Crore) Amount Accepted (₹ Crore) Cut off Price (₹) / Yield (%) Tenure (Year) 1 Andhra Pradesh 1000 1000 7.15 15 1000 1000 7.17 19 1000 1000 7.16 23 2 Bihar 2000 2000 7.15 10 3 Chhattisgarh 1000 1000 103.30/ 7.1296 Re-issue of 7.67% Chhattisgarh SGS 2033 issued on January 17, 2024

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 559,669.89 6.45 5.00-6.75 I. Call Money 9,351.89 6.62 5.10-6.75 II. Triparty Repo 407,058.50 6.43 6.11-6.60 III. Market Repo 142,040.79 6.52 5.00-6.70 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,218.71 6.69 6.65-6.75

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated October 21, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹7.50 lakh (Rupees Seven lakh fifty thousand only) on The Vaijapur Merchants Co-operative Bank Limited, Vaijapur, Maharashtra (the bank), for non-compliance with specific directions issued by RBI under Supervisory Action Framework (SAF) and with the certain directions issued by RBI on ‘’. 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 Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated October 21, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.60 lakh (Rupees Two lakh sixty thousand only) on The Gondia District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Maharashtra (the bank) for contravention of the provisions of section 20 read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Membership of Credit Information Companies (CICs) by Co-operative Banks’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI, conferred under section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and section 56 of the BR Act and section 25 of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated October 21, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on Shri Shiveshwar Nagari Sahakari Bank Limited, Basmatnagar, Hingoli, Maharashtra (the bank), for contravention of the provisions of section 26A read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (p Act). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI, conferred under section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act.