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In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(25)–W&M /2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series X - Issue date December 04, 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 December 04, 2024.

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on December 03, 2024 is as under: (Amount in ₹ Crore) ANDHRA PRADESH 2034 ANDHRA PRADESH 2038 ANDHRA PRADESH 2039 ASSAM 2034 Notified Amount 1237 1500 1500 900 Tenure 10 14 15 10 Competitive Bids Received (i) No. 57 49 47 37 (ii) Amount 3887 5015 5076.700 2455 Cut off Price (₹) / Yield (%) 7.10 7.11 7.11 7.12

Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised (₹ Crore) Amount Accepted (₹ Crore) Cut off Price (₹)/ Yield (%) Tenure (Year) 1. Andhra Pradesh 1237 1237 7.10 10 1500 1500 7.11 14 1500 1500 7.11 15 2. Assam 900 900 7.12 10 3. Bihar 2000 2000 7.13 10 4. Gujarat 2000 2000 7.04 08 5. Himachal Pradesh 500 500 7.11 10 6. Jammu and Kashmir 400 400 7.10 20

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 597,093.53 6.37 0.01-6.80 I. Call Money 10,563.40 6.52 5.10-6.65 II. Triparty Repo 431,701.40 6.36 6.21-6.51 III. Market Repo 153,530.03 6.41 0.01-6.80 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,298.70 6.60 6.55-6.70

Government of India (GOI) has announced the sale (issue / re-issue) of three dated securities for a notified amount of ₹30,000 crore as per the following details: Sr No Security Date of Repayment Notified Amount (₹ Crore) GoI specific Notification Auction Date Settlement Date 1 New GS 2027 Dec 09, 2027 7,000 F.No.4(3)-B(W&M)/2024 dated December 02, 2024 December 06, 2024 (Friday) December 09, 2024 (Monday)

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 November 04, 2024.

On October 17, 2024, the Reserve Bank of India had, in exercise of its powers under Section 45L(1)(b) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, issued Directions to Navi Finserv Limited, Bengaluru (and three other NBFCs), to cease and desist from sanction and disbursal of loans, effective from close of business of October 21, 2024.

In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 45-IA (6) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, the Reserve Bank has cancelled the CoR issued to the following Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC): Name of the NBFC Registered Office Address CoR No. CoR issued on Name of the services provider/mobile app Zavron Finance Private Limited PL. No.125, Sitabuldi, Maharajbaugh Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra – 440012 N-13.02268 August 03,2018 Ajaya Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (RupeeMax), Binenace Information Technology Pvt. Ltd., Microcard India Technology Consulting Service Private Limited, Truthigh Fintech Pvt. Ltd., Jcflash Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (FlashCash), Gradlane Systems Pvt. Ltd., Cash Bull Financial Technology Private Limited (Cash Bull), Onion Credit Private Limited (Cash Mama), TYTO Network Technologies Private Limited (Tytocash), Crazyrupee and Zincash. 

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated November 29, 2024, a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five Lakh only) on The Panchkula Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Haryana (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 26A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act.

The Reserve Bank of India hosted the Nineteenth C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture on November 28, 2024 in Mumbai. The lecture was delivered by Dr. P. K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India. The text of his lecture “Transforming Small-holder Agriculture in India in the 21st Century: Challenges and Strategies” is placed at www.rbi.org.in.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated November 29, 2024, a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five Lakh only) on The Patiala Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Patiala, Punjab (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 26A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act.

MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 0.00 - - I. Call Money 0.00 - - II. Triparty Repo 0.00 - - III. Market Repo 0.00 - - IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - -

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 28,925.27 6.46 5.50-6.85 I. Call Money 1,234.05 6.23 5.50-6.85 II. Triparty Repo 27,235.30 6.48 5.50-6.75 III. Market Repo 455.92 5.97 5.50-6.10 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - -

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 15,809.85 6.63 5.50-6.80 I. Call Money 1,229.35 6.26 5.50-6.80 II. Triparty Repo 13,258.80 6.65 6.15-6.80 III. Market Repo 3.00 6.60 6.60-6.60 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,318.70 6.76 6.75-6.80 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 10,163.89 6.75 5.50-6.90 II. Term Money@@ 590.00 - 6.70-7.05 III. Triparty Repo 455,998.70 6.65 6.55-6.85 IV. Market Repo 152,913.61 6.62 6.20-6.85 V. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - -

To mark the 90th year of its service to the nation, Reserve Bank of India, hosted RBI@90 51st All India Inter Institutional Table Tennis Tournament at Chandigarh from November 24-29, 2024. The tournament was organised in collaboration with Table Tennis Federation of India. Tournament was played across 7 formats: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Men’s Team & Women’s Team. In the team championship event, teams from 13 prestigious institutions participated comprising: Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB), Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB), Airports Authority of India (AAI), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Indian Audit & Accounts Department (IA&AD), Canara Bank, BSNL, Defence Accounts Sports Control Board, Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Food Corporation of India (FCI), Air Force and Central Revenue Sports Board. In Individual championship, total 330 individual players having experience of playing at International and National level including Olympians participated

The following State Governments/UT have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹25,837 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised. (₹ Crore) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1. Andhra Pradesh 1237 10 Yield 1500 14 Yield 1500 15 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 7,000 December 04, 2024 (Wednesday) December 05, 2024 (Thursday) 2 182 Days 6,000 3 364 Days 6,000 Total 19,000

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of November 2024 are set out in Tables 1 to 7. Highlights: Lending Rates: • The weighted average lending rate (WALR) on fresh rupee loans of SCBs stood at 9.54 per cent in October 2024 (9.37 per cent in September 2024).

Today, the Reserve Bank released its quarterly house price index (HPI) (base: 2010-11=100) for Q2:2024-25, based on transaction-level data received from the registration authorities in ten major cities . Time series data on all-India and city-wise HPIs are available at the Bank’s database on Indian economy (DBIE) portal (https://data.rbi.org.in/DBIE/#/dbie/home> Statistics > Real Sector > Prices & Wages).

The value of exports and imports of services during October 2024 is given in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) July – 2024 30,580 (16.6) 15,903 (15.7) August – 2024 30,340 (5.7) 16,423 (8.8)

Today, the Reserve Bank released data on the performance of the private corporate sector during the second quarter of 2024-25, drawn from abridged quarterly financial results of 2,911 listed non-government non-financial companies. This summary position also includes comparable data for Q2:2023-24 and Q1:2024-25 to enable study of sequential (q-o-q) and annual (y-o-y) change (web-link https://data.rbi.org.in/DBIE/#/dbie/reports/Statistics/Corporate%20Sector/Listed%20Non-Government%20Non-Financial%20Companies ).

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Nov. 24 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 11817 0 -11817 0 4.2 State Governments 16275 28634 22714 -5920 6439 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Auction Results 7.02% GS 2031 New GOI SGrB 2034 7.34% GS 2064 Notified Amount ₹10,000 crore ₹5,000 crore ₹15,000 crore Underwriting Notified Amount ₹10,000 crore ₹5,000 crore ₹15,000 crore Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 155 73 328 (ii) Amount ₹ 26959.000 Crore ₹ 9630.000 Crore ₹ 45710.000 Crore Cut-off price / Yield 101.03 - 103.47 (YTM:6.8213%) (YTM:6.79%) (YTM:7.0766%) Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number 51 9 126 

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of October 2024 collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks, accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed by all scheduled commercial banks, are set out in Statements I and II.

7.02% GS 2031 New GOI SGrB 2034 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹10,000 crore ₹5,000 crore ₹15,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 101.03/6.8213% 6.79% 103.47/7.0766% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹10,000 crore ₹1,502.015 crore ₹15,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL ₹3,497.985 crore NIL

Tenor 14-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 25,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 2,476 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 2,476 Cut off Rate (%) 6.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate NA

In the underwriting auctions conducted on November 29, 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) 624,371.63 6.67 5.10-7.10 I. Call Money 9,454.64 6.71 5.10-6.85 II. Triparty Repo 469,068.55 6.67 6.26-6.74 III. Market Repo 144,649.74 6.66 6.20-6.85 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,198.70 6.83 6.80-7.10

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction on November 29, 2024, Friday, as under:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated November 25, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2,00,000/- (Rupees Two Lakh only) on The Periyakulam Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd., Tamil Nadu (the bank) for non-compliance with specific directions issued by RBI under ‘Supervisory Action Framework (SAF)’ and certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Issue and regulation of share capital and securities − Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks’ and ‘Prudential Norms on Capital Adequacy – UCBs’. This penalty has been imposed

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated November 25, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹4.50 lakh (Rupees Four Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on Maxvalue Credits and Investments Limited, Thrissur, Kerala (the company) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Non-Banking Financial Company - Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company and Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016’ read with ‘Non-Banking Financial

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated November 25, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) on The Kanara District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Karnataka (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 20 read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI, under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated November 25, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) on The Raichur District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Karnataka (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 20 read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act.

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 52,069 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 25,008 Cut off Rate (%) 6.61 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.62 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 42.25

Government of India has announced the sale (issue / re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on November 29, 2024. As per the extant scheme of underwriting notified on November 14, 2007, the amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) for the underwriting auction, applicable to each Primary Dealer (PD), are as under

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on November 28, 2024, Thursday, as under:

(Amount in ₹ Crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 17-Nov-2023 01-Nov-2024* 15-Nov-2024* 17-Nov-2023 01-Nov-2024* 15-Nov-2024* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 241123.09 289863.65 285900.51 244489.67 294354.23 291084.89** b) Borrowings from banks 187366.53 135897.86 136118.41 187461.76 136048.36 136192.88 c) Other demand & time liabilities 71762.95 24969.58 24937.38 72490.30 25304.29 25293.90

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 623,419.37 6.68 2.00-6.92 I. Call Money 9,293.26 6.71 5.10-6.85 II. Triparty Repo 466,981.35 6.69 6.59-6.75 III. Market Repo 145,963.06 6.65 2.00-6.92 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,181.70 6.82 6.80-6.85

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended November 22, 2024 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended November 15, 2024.

Auction Results 91 Days 182 Days 364 Days I. Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore ₹6000 Crore ₹6000 Crore II. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 87 91 69 (ii) Amount ₹ 19172.100 Crore ₹ 20278.260 Crore ₹ 14512.960 Crore III. Cut-off price / Yield 98.4070 96.7859 93.7767

The Reserve Bank of India had issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to Ajantha Urban Co-operative Bank Maryadit, Aurangabad, Maharashtra vide Directive No. NGP.DoS.SSM 3.No. S675/ 15.03.302/2023-2024 dated August 28, 2023, for a period of six months up to the close of business on February 29, 2024, as modified from time to time, which were last extended up to the close of business on November 29, 2024 vide Directive DOR.MON.D-44/12-22-740/2024-25 dated August 20, 2024.

I. T-Bill 91 days 182 days 364 days II. Total Face Value Notified ₹7,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore III. Cut-off Price and Implicit Yield at Cut-Off Price 98.4070 (YTM:6.4929%) 96.7859 (YTM: 6.6599%) 93.7767 (YTM: 6.6545%) IV. Total Face Value Accepted ₹7,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 639,904.11 6.69 5.10-8.85 I. Call Money 7,965.11 6.69 5.10-6.85 II. Triparty Repo 488,228.95 6.70 6.40-6.80 III. Market Repo 142,353.35 6.67 6.10-6.85 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,356.70 6.92 6.85-8.85

The Reserve Bank of India had issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to Saibaba Janata Sahakari Bank Limited, Latur vide Directive CO.DOS.

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(25)–W&M /2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series IX - Issue date November 27, 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 November 27, 2024.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – September 2024 ’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications). Scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) {excluding regional rural banks (RRBs)} report branch-wise data on type of deposits (current, savings and term), its institutional sector wise ownership, age wise distribution of deposits pertaining to individuals, maturity pattern, size and interest rate range wise distribution of term deposits as well as number of employees in the quarterly ‘Basic Statistical Return’ (BSR) - 2 return. These data are released at disaggregated level (viz., population groups , bank groups, states, districts and centres).

Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Returns (BSR)-1: Outstanding Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) - September 2024 ’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications). It captures various characteristics of bank credit such as occupation/activity and organisational sector of the borrower, type of account and interest rates based on account-level reporting . Data reported by SCBs {excluding Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)} are presented for bank groups, population groups and states.

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on November 26, 2024 is as under: (Amount in ₹Crore) ANDHRA PRADESH 2034 ANDHRA PRADESH 2040 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2044 BIHAR 2034 Notified Amount 1000 1000 400 2000 Tenure 10 16 20 10 Competitive Bids Received (i) No. 28 37 17 26 (ii) Amount 3525 3085 1625 3020 Cut off Price (₹) / Yield (%) 7.14 7.18 7.16 7.18 Competitive Bids Accepted

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 Ulhas Securities Private Limited Q-202, Coral, Parshwanath Atlantis Park, Near Balaji Agora Mall, S.P. Ring Road, Gandhinagar, Gujarat - 382424 N.01.00462 December 08, 2003 September 24, 2024 2 Sikar Investment Co Ltd Shri Ramji Sadan, 30-B, New Civil Lines, Bharatpur City, Bharatpur, Rajasthan -321001 10.00029 March 06, 1998 October 07, 2024 As such, the above companies shall not transact the business of a Non-Banking Financial Institution, as defined in clause (a) of Section 45-I of the RBI Act, 1934. 

The following Six 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.