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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Shri Kesavan Ramachandran as Executive Director (ED) with effect from July 01, 2025. Prior to being promoted as ED, Shri Kesavan Ramachandran was serving as Principal Chief General Manager in Risk Monitoring Department.

The various services offered by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to the entities regulated by it and to the citizens of the country were listed under two distinct heads viz. Timelines for Regulatory Approvals and Citizens’ Charter. Under Regulatory Approvals 133 services were made available, while the Citizens’ Charter had 58 services. A comprehensive review of the various services offered by RBI has been undertaken and the timelines have been rationalised leading to reduction of time in 11 services. All services to the regulated entities and to the citizens have been subsumed under the Citizen’s Charter. The Citizen’s Charter now contains 204 services.

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 June 02, 2025.

In terms of Para 13 (ii) of Government of India Notification F.No.4(10)- B(W&M)/2020 dated June 26, 2020 on Floating Rate Savings Bonds, 2020 (Taxable)- FRSB 2020 (T), the coupon/interest rate of the bond would be reset half yearly, starting with January 01, 2021 and the coupon/interest rate will be set at a spread of (+) 35 bps over the prevailing National Savings Certificate (NSC) rate.

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on July 01, 2025, is as under: (Amount in ₹ Crore) ANDHRA PRADESH 2035 ANDHRA PRADESH 2037 ASSAM 2035 GUJARAT 2033 Notified Amount 1000 1000 900 1000 Tenor 10 -Years 12 -Years 10 -Years 8 -Years Competitive Bids Received (i) No. 54 79 36 58 (ii) Amount 3945.8 6605 1941 4310 Cut-off Yield (%) 6.80 7.00 6.86 6.70 Cut off Price (₹) 100 100 100 100 Competitive Bids Accepted

Sr. No. State Notified Amount (₹Crore) Amount Accepted (₹ Crore) Cut off Price (₹)/ Yield (%) Tenor (Year) 1. Andhra Pradesh 1000 1000 6.80 10 1000 1000 7.00 12 2. Assam 900 900 6.86 10 3. Gujarat 1000 1000 6.70 08 4. Himachal Pradesh 1200 1200 7.15 25 5. Kerala 2000 2000 7.13 33 6. Maharashtra 2000 2000 7.15 20 2000 2000 7.15 21 2000 2000 7.15 22

The Reserve Bank of India has launched the 2024-25 round of its Survey on International Trade in Banking Services (ITBS). The survey, conducted annually since 2006-07, provides information on financial services rendered by branches/subsidiaries/joint ventures of Indian banks operating abroad and branches/subsidiaries of foreign banks operating in India, based on explicit / implicit fees / commission charged to customers.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 6,12,012.57 5.41 3.50-5.80 I. Call Money 13,225.85 5.50 4.75-5.70 II. Triparty Repo 3,96,463.00 5.42 5.10-5.52 III. Market Repo 2,00,456.17 5.38 3.50-5.75 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,867.55 5.67 5.64-5.80

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(25) - W&M/2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series-XIV-Issue date January 01, 2018) and in terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(22) – B(W&M)/2018 dated October 08, 2018 (SGB 2018-19 Series-IV-Issue date January 01, 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

Government of India (GoI) has announced the sale (issue / re-issue) of two dated securities for a notified amount of ₹32,000 crore as per the following details:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated June 24, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) on Saibaba Nagari Sahakari Bank Maryadit, Sailu, Maharashtra (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’. 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 Banking Regulation Act, 1949. 

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated June 26, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹14.30 lakh (Rupees Fourteen Lakh Thirty Thousand only) on Shree Kadi Nagarik Sahakari Bank Ltd., Dist. Mehsana, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with the certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Donations to Trusts and Institutions where Directors, their relatives hold position or are interested’ and ‘Management of Advances - UCBs’ This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions

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

The value of exports and imports of services during May 2025 is given in the following table.

At present, Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) and Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) are available between 5:30 PM and 11:59 PM on all days. 2. In light of the extension of market timings for call money to 7:00 PM, it has been decided that the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) and Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) will be available between 7:00 PM and 11:59 PM with effect from July 01, 2025. 3. All other terms and conditions of the current SDF and MSF schemes remain unchanged.

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of May 2025 collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks (SCBs), accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit by all SCBs, 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 May 30, 2025, grew by 9.8 per cent as compared to 16.2 per cent during the corresponding fortnight of the previous year (i.e., May 31, 2024).

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 - - 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 - -

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 - - 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 - -

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 6,44,354.46 5.27 0.01-6.35 I. Call Money 15,051.98 5.38 4.75-5.60 II. Triparty Repo 4,06,137.85 5.42 5.20-5.72 III. Market Repo 2,21,441.08 4.98 0.01-6.20 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,723.55 5.51 5.45-6.35