The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period January 8 – January 12, 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period January 1 – January 5, 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period December 26 – December 29, 2023.   All Figures are in USD Millions     Position  Date  MERCHANT  INTER BANK  FCY / INR  FCY / FCY  FCY / INR  FCY / FCY   Spot  Forward  Forward  Cancel  Spot  Forward  Forward  Cancel  Spot  Swap  Forward  Spot  Swap  Forward     Purchase

Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of Mauritius, Mr. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, and Hon’ble President of Sri Lanka Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe today witnessed the virtual launch of RuPay cards and Unified Payments Interface (UPI) connectivity between India and Mauritius, as well as UPI connectivity between India and Sri Lanka. Reserve Bank of India Governor, Shri Shaktikanta Das, Bank of Mauritius Governor, Mr. Harvesh Seegolam, and Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor, Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe were also present on the occasion.

Tenor  4-day  Notified Amount (in ₹ crore)  25,000  Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore)  97,280  Amount allotted (in ₹ crore)  25,004  Cut off Rate (%)  6.66  Weighted Average Rate (%)  6.68  Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%)

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a second Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on February 12, 2024, Monday, as under:

(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 - -

(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  -  -

Tenor 4-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 1,23,310 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 25,007 Cut off Rate (%) 6.70 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.71 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 95.13

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on February 12, 2024, Monday, as under:

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume  (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 478,137.48 6.74 5.00-7.15 I. Call Money 10,314.12 6.73 5.00-6.86 II. Triparty Repo 304,920.30 6.73 6.60-6.79 III. Market Repo 162,413.06 6.77 6.25-6.90 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 490.00 6.96 6.95-7.15

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.

The following Nine 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 today released data on India’s invisibles as per the IMF’s Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6) format for July-September of 2023-24.

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 8,000 February 14, 2024 (Wednesday) February 15, 2024 (Thursday) 2 182 Days 10,000 3 364 Days 9,000 Total 27,000

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹17,500 Crore (Face Value).

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Feb. 3 Jan. 26 Feb. 2 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 20732 12810 22237 9427 1505

Auction Results 7.37% GS 2028 7.18% GS 2033 7.30% GS 2053 I. Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore ₹16000 Crore ₹10000 Crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore ₹16000 Crore ₹10000 Crore III. Competitive Bids Received   (i)  Number 95 172 238 (ii) Amount ₹ 12927.727 Crore ₹ 27439.800 Crore ₹ 25442.928 Crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield 101.19 100.57 101.99

In terms of Government of India Notification F.No.4(6)-B(W&M)/2023 and Reserve Bank press release dated December 08, 2023, the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2023-24 - Series IV will be open for subscription duringFebruary 12–16, 2024.

In terms of Government of India Notification F. No. 4(22) – B(W&M)/2018 dated October 08, 2018 (SGB 2018-19, Series VI - Issue date February 12, 2019) 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 February 12, 2024.