Press Releases

The Government of India has announced the buyback of its Securities through auction for an aggregate amount of ₹40,000 crore (face value). The following securities will be offered for buyback: Sr. No. Security Date of Maturity 1 6.18% GS 2024 November 4, 2024 2 9.15% GS 2024 November 14, 2024 3 6.89% GS 2025 January 16, 2025

In terms of GOI Notification F.No. 4(08) - W&M/2017 dated April 20, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series I-Issue date May 12, 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 May 10, 2024 (May 11 and 12 being non-working Saturday and Sunday respectively).

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(8) - W&M/2018 dated April 13, 2018 (SGB 2018-19 Series I - Issue date May 04, 2018) and F.No.4(25) - W&M/2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series VI - Issue date November 06, 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 tranches shall be May 04, 2024 and May 06, 2024 respectively.

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹9900 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State Amount to be raised (₹Crore) Additional Borrowing (Greenshoe) Option (₹Crore) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1 Andhra Pradesh 500 - 13 Yield 500 - 14 Yield 1000 - 18 Yield 500 - 19 Yield 500 - 20 Yield 2 Himachal Pradesh 700 - 09 Yield 3 Meghalaya 200 - 10 Yield

Reserve Bank of India announces the auction of Government of India Treasury Bills as per the following details: Sr. No. Treasury Bill Notified Amount (in ₹ Crore) Auction Date Settlement Date 1 91 Days 12,000 May 08,2024 (Wednesday) May 09,2024 (Thursday) 2 182 Days 7,000 3 364 Days 8,000 Total 27,000

 Today the Reserve Bank of India placed on its website a Working Paper titled “Assessing the Impact of Macroprudential Policies on Housing Credit Dynamics: Evidence from India” under the Reserve Bank of India Working Paper Series[1]. The Paper is co-authored by Amar Nath Yadav, Vivek Kumar, Alok Kumar Chakrawal and Jyoti Kumari.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Apr. 28 Apr. 19 Apr. 26 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 4666 0 0 0 -4666 4.2 State Governments 4538 17496 13284

Auction Results 7.33% GS 2026 7.23% GS 2039 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹6,000 crore ₹10,000 crore ₹12,000 crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹6,000 crore ₹10,000 crore ₹12,000 crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i)  Number 128 321 392 (ii) Amount ₹ 21569.190 Crore ₹ 37329 Crore ₹ 46685.303 Crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield 100.41 100.29 100.55 (YTM: 7.1460%) (YTM: 7.1973%) (YTM: 7.2971%)

7.33% GS 2026 7.23% GS 2039 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹6,000 crore ₹10,000 crore ₹12,000 crore II. Cut off Price / Implicit Yield at cut-off 100.41/ 7.1460% 100.29/ 7.1973% 100.55/ 7.2971% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹6,000 crore ₹10,000 crore ₹12,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL NIL

Tenor 14-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,75,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 1,57,698 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 1,57,698 Cut off Rate (%) 6.51 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.53 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) NA

In the underwriting auctions conducted on May 03, 2024 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

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 4,81,071.42    6.44    1.00-6.90 I. Call Money 10,206.74    6.53    5.10-6.65 II. Triparty Repo 3,05,939.15    6.41    6.00-6.58 III. Market Repo 1,63,894.53    6.50    1.00-6.65 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,031.00    6.69    6.60-6.90 

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 21-Apr-23    05-APR-2024 *    19-APR-2024 *    21-Apr-23    05-APR-2024 *    19-APR-2024 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 241922.43    311538.6    293086.88    244380.07    315742.8    297489.65 ** b) Borrowings from banks 37729.21    176273.74    173959.07    38061.24    176613.81    173959.07 c) Other demand & time liabilities 58481.58    73116.45    74785.14    59135.51    73356.22    75023.68 

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had announced the withdrawal of ₹2000 denomination banknotes from circulation vide Press Release 2023-2024/257 dated May 19, 2023. The status of withdrawal of ₹2000 banknotes is periodically published by the RBI. The last press release in this regard was published on April 01, 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated April 26, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on The Udgir Urban Co-operative Bank Limited, Udgir (Maharashtra) (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Exposure Norms & Statutory/Other Restrictions – UCBs and ‘Board of Directors – UCBs’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI, conferred 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 (RBl) has, by an order dated April 23, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five lakh only) on Lokmangal Co-operative Bank Limited, Solapur (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on Know Your Customers (KYC). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI, conferred 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 April 29, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹ 2.00 lakh (Rupees Two lakh only) on The Satara Sahakari Bank Limited, Mumbai, Maharashtra (the bank) for non-compliance with certain provisions of section 12(2) read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and directions issued by RBI on ‘Prudential Norms on Capital Adequacy - Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs)’. 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.

The value of exports and imports of services during March 2024 is given in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) January – 2024 31,023 (10.8) 14,850 (0.2) February – 2024 28,348 (3.5) 15,240 (1.8) March – 2024 30,028 (-1.3) 16,608 (-2.1) Notes: (i) Data are provisional; and (ii) Figures in parentheses are growth rates over the corresponding month of the previous year which have been revised on the basis of balance of payments statistics.

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on May 03, 2024, Friday, as under:

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended April 26, 2024 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended April 19, 2024.