Press Releases

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 5,77,489.16 6.11 5.15-6.75 I. Call Money 12,742.85 6.32 5.15-6.45 II. Triparty Repo 3,90,173.80 6.04 5.25-6.28 III. Market Repo 1,72,735.61 6.23 5.70-6.75 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,836.90 6.42 6.35-6.50

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an  order dated February 27, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees  One Lakh only) on The Magadh Central Co-operative Bank Limited, Bihar (the  bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI

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 29th Meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee (SAC) to review the flow of credit to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector was held in Ahmedabad, on March 3, 2025, under the chairmanship of Shri Swaminathan J, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India. The meeting was attended by Executive Director, RBI, Senior Officials from Ministry of MSME and Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Government of India; Chairman, SIDBI, Senior Management of major banks and NABARD, senior executives of Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises, National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Limited, Khadi & Village Industries Commission, Indian Banks’ Association, Finance Industry Development Council and MSME Associations.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) 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 - -

MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 20,058.59 5.99 3.50-6.45 I. Call Money 965.50 5.91 5.70-6.45 II. Triparty Repo 18,439.75 6.05 5.90-6.32 III. Market Repo 653.34 4.53 3.50-5.75 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - - B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 0.00 - - II. Term Money@@ 0.00 - - III. Triparty Repo 0.00 - - IV. Market Repo 0.00 - - V. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - -

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 16,557 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 16,557 Cut off Rate (%) 6.26 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.27 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) N.A.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 6,261.85 6.33 5.25-6.80 I. Call Money 1,111.65 6.18 5.25-6.40 II. Triparty Repo 3,591.00 6.34 5.85-6.80 III. Market Repo 0.00 - - IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,559.20 6.41 6.40-6.45

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 February 03, 2025. 2. The facility for deposit and / or exchange of the ₹2000 banknotes was available at all bank branches in the country upto October 07, 2023.

The value of exports and imports of services during January 2025 is given in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) October – 2024 34,309 (22.3) 17,215 (27.9) November – 2024 32,014 (13.9) 17,229 (26.0)

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹50,500 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised (₹Crore) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1 Andhra Pradesh 1000 09 Yield 1000 10 Yield 1600 11 Yield 2 Assam 900 10 Yield 3 Chhattisgarh 1000 09 Yield 2000 10 Yield 2000 12 Yield 4 Gujarat 500 05 Yield

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of February 2025 are set out in Tables 1 to 7.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 24, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹33.10 lakh (Rupees Thirty Three Lakh Ten Thousand only) on IIFL Samasta Finance Limited (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the 'Non-Banking Financial Company - Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company and Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016 ' and 'Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016 '

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 24, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹66.60 lakh (Rupees Sixty Six Lakh Sixty Thousand only) on The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Know Your Customer ’, ‘Reporting of Information on Unhedged Foreign Currency Exposures of the Borrowers to Credit Information Companies’ and ‘Interest Rates on Deposits’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section

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 14,000 March 05, 2025 (Wednesday) March 06, 2025 (Thursday) 2 182 Days 12,000 3 364 Days 7,000 Total 33,000

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.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Feb. 23 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 14809 25646 22112 -3534 7303 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of January 2025 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. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit as on the fortnight ended January 24, 2025 grew at 12.5 per cent (a three-month high) as compared to 16.2 per cent for the corresponding fortnight of the previous year (January 26, 2024).

Auction Results 6.79% GS 2031 6.92% GS 2039 7.09% GS 2054 I. Notified Amount ₹10,000 crore ₹12,000 crore ₹10,000 crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹10,000 crore ₹12,000 crore ₹10,000 crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 134 188 237 (ii) Amount ₹23824.000 Crore ₹32585.000 Crore ₹25094.276 Crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield 100.27 100.12 99.35 (YTM:6.7376%) (YTM:6.9053%) (YTM:7.1425%)

Today, the Reserve Bank conducted a USD/INR Buy Sell swap auction for a notified amount of USD 10 billion as announced vide press release dated February 21, 2025.