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Today, the Reserve Bank released the April 2025 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes bi-monthly monetary policy statement (April 09, 2025), four speeches, four articles and current statistics. The four articles are: I. State of the Economy; II. Three Years of the Standing Deposit Facility: Some Insights; III. Changing Dynamics of Climate Policy Uncertainty and Energy Commodity Prices; and IV. Rural Consumer Confidence in India: Bridging the Gap.

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on April 22, 2025, is as under: (Amount in ₹ Crore) ASSAM SGS 2040 CHHATTISGARH SDL 2028 MAHARASHTRA SGS 2037 MAHARASHTRA SGS 2038 Notified Amount 900 970 2000 2000 Tenure 15 Re-issue of 6.62% Chhattisgarh SDL 2028, issued on October 27, 2021 12 13 Competitive Bids Received

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), vide order dated April 21, 2025, has cancelled the licence of “Ajantha Urban Co-operative Bank Maryadit, Aurangabad”. Consequently, the bank ceases to carry on banking business, with effect from the close of business on April 22, 2025. The Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Maharashtra has also been requested to issue an order for winding up the bank and appoint a liquidator for

Security 6.10% GS 2031 7.26% GS 2032 7.50% GS 2034 8.30% GS 2040 9.23% GS 2043 Total amount notified Aggregate amount of ₹20,000 crore (no security-wise notified amount) Total amount (face value) accepted by RBI (₹ in crore) 8,525 3,930 5,870 1,000 675

Sr. No State Amount to be raised (₹ Crore) Amount Accepted (₹ Crore) Cut off Price (₹)/ Yield (%) Tenure (Year) 1 Assam 900 900 6.75 15 2 Chhattisgarh 970 970 100.84/ 6.3490 Re-issue of 6.62% Chhattisgarh SDL 2028, issued on October 27, 2021 3 Maharashtra 2000 2000 6.76 12 2000 2000 6.72 13 1500 1500 6.75 14

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 17,892 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 17,892 Cut off Rate (%) 6.01 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.01 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) NA

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 6,27,477.20 5.85 4.00-7.00 I. Call Money 18,423.34 5.87 4.95-6.05 II. Triparty Repo 4,16,314.00 5.83 5.70-6.10 III. Market Repo 1,90,944.01 5.90 4.00-6.15 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,795.85 6.06 6.00-7.00

Government of India (GOI) has announced the sale (re-issue) of two dated securities for a notified amount of ₹27,000 crore as per the following details:

Sr No

Security

Date of Repayment

Notified Amount

(₹ Crore)

GoI specific Notification

Auction

Date

Settlement Date

1

6.75% GS 2029

Dec 23, 2029

15,000

F.No.4(1)-B(W&M)/2025 dated
April 21, 2025

April 25, 2025 (Friday)

April 28, 2025

(Monday)

2

7.09% GS 2054

Aug 05, 2054

12,000

 

Total

27,000

 

 

 

2. GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to ₹2,000 crore against each security mentioned above.  

The Reserve Bank issued a draft circular on July 25, 2024 on ‘Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards – Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) – Review of Haircuts on High Quality Liquid Assets (HQLA) and Run-off Rates on Certain Categories of Deposits’. The draft circular proposed certain amendments to the LCR framework and invited comments from banks and stakeholders. 2. The feedback received has been

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.