Today, the Reserve Bank released the January 2025 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes seven articles and current statistics. Report on Trend and Progress of Banking 2023-24 and Financial Stability Report December 2024 are supplements to the January 2025 Bulletin.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Jan. 12 Jan. 3 Jan. 10 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 16087 36637 14620 -22017 -1467 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Auction Results 6.75% GS 2029 6.92% GS 2039 7.09% GS 2054 I. Notified Amount ₹14,000 crore ₹12,000 crore ₹10,000 crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹14,000 crore ₹12,000 crore ₹10,000 crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 124 211 240 (ii) Amount ₹22572.940 Crore ₹27947.193 Crore ₹28141.898 Crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield 100.08 100.28 100.27 (YTM: 6.7289%) (YTM: 6.8881%) (YTM: 7.0677%)

6.75% GS 2029 6.92% GS 2039 7.09% GS 2054 I. Notified Amount ₹14,000 crore ₹12,000 crore ₹10,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 100.08/6.7289% 100.28/6.8881% 100.27/7.0677% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹14,000 crore ₹12,000 crore ₹10,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL NIL

Tenor 3-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 50,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 33,467 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 33,467 Cut off Rate (%) 6.51 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.52 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) NA

In the underwriting auction conducted on January 17, 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:

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 5,68,031.51 6.43 5.10-7.52 I. Call Money 12,689.22 6.55 5.10-6.80 II. Triparty Repo 3,89,524.45 6.41 6.00-6.58 III. Market Repo 1,64,054.14 6.49 5.50-7.52 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,763.70 6.65 6.60-6.70

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated January 08, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five Lakh only) on Parbhani District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Parbhani, Maharashtra (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 20 and 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

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.

To encourage greater use of Indian Rupee (INR) for trade transactions, in July 2022, an additional arrangement in the form of Special Rupee Vostro Account (SRVA) was introduced. Several foreign banks have since opened SRVAs with banks in India. The Reserve Bank has also signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the central banks of the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia and Maldives, to encourage cross-border transactions in local currencies. Further, in December 2023 the Foreign Exchange Management (Manner of Receipt and Payment) Regulations were revised to enable cross border transactions in all foreign currencies (including local currencies of trading partner countries) and INR.