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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated March 04, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹29.55 lakh (Rupees Twenty Nine Lakh Fifty-five Thousand only) on Bandhan Bank Ltd. (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions on ‘Reserve Bank of India (Interest Rate on Deposits) Directions, 2016’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI conferred 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 February 26, 2024 imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1,40,76,000 (Rupees One Crore Forty Lakh Seventy Six Thousand only) on Bank of India (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Interest Rate on Deposits’,  ‘Customer Service in Banks’, ‘Interest Rate on Advances’, ‘Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC) - Revision in Reporting’, and ‘Membership of Credit Information Companies (CICs)’ and contravention of provisions of Credit lnformation Companies Rules, 2006 (ClC Rules). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI conferred under the provisions of section 47 A (1) (c) read with sections 46 (4) (i) and 51(1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and section 25(1)(iii) read with section 23(4) of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 21, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹13.60 lakh (Rupees Thirteen lakh sixty thousand only) on Indostar Capital Finance Limited (the company) for non-compliance with the ‘Monitoring of Frauds in NBFCs (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016’ and with certain provisions of the Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 58G read with clause (aa) of sub-section (5) of section 58B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
The statutory inspection of the company was conducted by RBI with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2022. Based on supervisory findings of non-compliance with regulatory instructions and related correspondence in that regard, a notice was issued to the company advising it to show cause as to why penalty should not be imposed on it for its failure to comply with the instructions.  After considering the company’s reply to the notice, oral submissions made during the personal hearing and examination of additional submissions made by it, RBI found inter alia that the following charges against the company were sustained warranting imposition of monetary penalty: the company  i) did not put to use a robust software to give alerts for effective identification and reporting of suspicious transactions;  ii) did not carry out periodic updation of KYC of its high risk customers, which were due for updation, as part of on-going due diligence of its customers; and iii) had delaye reporting of certain frauds above ₹1 lakh to RBI.

As per the Issuance Calendar for Marketable Dated Securities for H2: FY 2023-24 issued on September 26, 2023, auction for switches of government dated securities is scheduled to be conducted on the third Monday of every month. As the budgetary provision for switches for the fiscal year 2023-24 has since been met, it has been decided, in consultation with the Government of India, not to conduct the switch auction scheduled to be held in March 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India, vide directive CO.DOS.SED.No.S1917/12.22.212/ 2023-24 dated June 13, 2023, had placed The Rajapur Sahakari Bank Ltd, Mumbai under Directions for a period of six months from the close of business on June 14, 2023 till close of business on December 14, 2023. The validity of the directions was extended from time-to-time, the last being up to March 14, 2024.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended March 08, 2024. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/204

Auction Results 91 Days 182 Days 364 Days I. Notified Amount ₹10000 Crore ₹15000 Crore ₹9000 Crore II. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 116    218 151 (ii) Amount ₹ 41059.761 Crore ₹ 45652 Crore ₹ 39700.400 Crore

I.    T-Bill    91 days    182 days    364 days II.    Total Face Value Notified      ₹10,000 Crore      ₹15,000 Crore      ₹9,000 Crore III.    Cut-off Price and Implicit Yield at Cut-Off Price    98.3141 (YTM: 6.8781%)     96.5645 (YTM: 7.1350%)    93.3963 (YTM: 7.0900%) IV.    Total Face Value Accepted      ₹10,000 Crore      ₹15,000 Crore      ₹9,000 Crore

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent)  MONEY MARKETS@  Volume (One Leg)  Weighted Average Rate  Range  A.  Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)  5,65,866.35 6.51 5.10-6.90 I. Call Money  12,513.28 6.51 5.10-6.76 II. Triparty Repo  3,84,456.70 6.46 5.95-6.70 III. Market Repo  1,65,398.37 6.61 5.25-6.75 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond  3,498.00 6.85 6.85-6.90

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on March 12, 2024 is as under: (Amount in ₹Crore)  ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2034 BIHAR 2039 CHHATTISGARH 2032 CHHATTISGARH 2033

Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised (₹Crore) Amount Accepted (₹ Crore) Cut off Price (₹) / Yield (%) Tenure (Year) 1 Arunachal Pradesh 232 232 7.41 10 2 Bihar 1612 1612 7.39 15 3 Chhattisgarh 1000 1000 7.38 8 1000 1000 7.39 9

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent)  MONEY MARKETS@  Volume (One Leg)  Weighted Average Rate  Range  A.  Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)  560,789.43  6.67  5.10-7.00  I. Call Money  13,691.88  6.59  5.10-6.82  II. Triparty Repo  365,222.20  6.67  6.25-6.75  III. Market Repo  181,102.35  6.69  5.25-6.80  IV. Repo in Corporate Bond  773.00  6.89  6.80-7.00

The Reserve Bank of India released the Annual Report of the Ombudsman Scheme for the period April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023. This is the first full-year report after the launch of Reserve Bank – Integrated Ombudsman Scheme (RB-IOS), 2021 in November 2021. The Annual Report covers

The Reserve Bank of India, in exercise of powers conferred on it under Section 45-IA (6) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, has cancelled the Certificate of Registration of the following companies.  Sr. No. Name of the Company Registered Office Address CoR No. CoR Issued On Cancellation Order Date 1 Nimisha Finance India Private Limited B 1/7, Sector 1, Jankipuram Extension, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – 226021 B-12.00291 March 29, 2001 February 08, 2024 2 R.M.B. Finance Company Limited Rajni Complex, 3rd Floor, Khagaul Road, Mithapur, Patna Sadar, Bihar - 800001 B-15.00036 November 08, 2001 February 14, 2024

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹35,544 Crore (Face Value). The revision is due to inclusion of the States of Kerala and Uttar Pradesh.

The following seven Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) have surrendered the Certificate of Registration (CoR) granted to them by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The RBI, in exercise of powers conferred on it under Section 45-IA (6) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, has therefore cancelled their CoR.

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period February 20 – February 23, 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period February 12 – February 16, 2024

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period February 05 – February 09, 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period January 29 – February 02, 2024