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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 of India today released on its website the results of the following Surveys: Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS) – January 2025 Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) – January 2025 OBICUS Survey on manufacturing sector – Q2:2024-25 Industrial Outlook Survey of the Manufacturing Sector for Q3:2024-25 Survey of Professional Forecasters on Macroeconomic Indicators – Round1 92nd Bank Lending Survey for Q3:2024-25 Services and Infrastructure Outlook Survey for Q3:2024-25 The Survey results are based on the feedback received from the respondents to the Surveys and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Reserve Bank of India. 

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Feb. 2 Jan. 24 Jan. 31 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 22237 20495 19332 -1163 -2905 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Tenor 56-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 50,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 1,08,702 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 50,010 Cut off Rate (%) 6.31 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.35 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 89.08

Auction Results 6.92% GS 2039 7.09% GS 2054 I. Notified Amount ₹12,000 crore ₹10,000 crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹12,000 crore ₹10,000 crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 210 170 (ii) Amount ₹ 26570.500 Crore ₹ 22296.500 Crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield 100.57 100.56

6.92% GS 2039 7.09% GS 2054 I. Notified Amount ₹12,000 crore ₹10,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 100.57/6.8565% 100.56/7.0445% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹12,000 crore ₹10,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL

Tenor 3-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,50,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 1,33,013 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 1,33,013 Cut off Rate (%) 6.26 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.27 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) NA

In the underwriting auction conducted on February 07, 2025, 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:

As part of the ‘Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies’ dated February 07, 2025, the Reserve Bank announced the setting up of a Working Group to undertake a comprehensive review of trading and settlement timings of markets regulated by the Reserve Bank.

This  Statement sets out various developmental and regulatory policy measures  relating to (i) Financial Markets ; (ii) Cybersecurity ; and (iii) Payment  Systems. I. Financial  Markets 1. Introduction of forward contracts in Government  securities 

Over the past few years, the Reserve Bank has been expanding the suite of interest rate derivative products available to market participants to manage their interest rate risks. In addition to Interest Rate Swaps, products such as Interest Rate Options, Interest Rate Futures, Interest Rate Swaptions, Forward Rate Agreements, etc. are available to market participants. We have been receiving feedback about the need to allow forward contracts in Government securities to enable further market development.  Such forward contracts will enable long-term investors such as  insurance funds to manage their interest rate risk across interest rate cycles.  They will also enable efficient pricing of derivatives that use bonds as underlying instruments. Draft directions in this regard were issued in December 2023. The final directions, taking into account the public feedback, will be issued shortly.