Press Releases

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today held a Conference of Directors on the Boards of select large Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) in Western Zone. The Governor, RBI inaugurated the Conference on the theme ‘Governance in UCBs - Driving Sustainable Growth and Stability’. Deputy Governor Shri Swaminathan J., along with Executive Directors representing the RBI’s Departments of Supervision, Regulation and Enforcement, and other senior officials, also participated in the Conference. Reserve Bank had previously held similar conferences with the Directors of UCBs at Mumbai, Hyderabad and Lucknow in August 2023, January 2024 and April 2024, respectively.

Tenor 6-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,00,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 1,64,040 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 1,00,005 Cut off Rate (%) 6.60 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.62 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 18.78

In the underwriting auctions conducted on June 21, 2024, 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: (₹ crore) Nomenclature of the Security Notified Amount Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) Amount Additional Competitive Underwriting Amount Accepted Total Amount underwritten ACU Commission Cut-off rate (paise per ₹100) 7.04% GS 2029 12,000 6,006 5,994 12,000 0.08 7.46% GS 2073 11,000 5,502 5,498 11,000 0.12 Auction for the sale of securities will be held on June 21, 2024.

The uniform resource locator (URL) domain address of the ‘Database on Indian Economy (DBIE)’ portal of the Reserve Bank is being changed to https://data.rbi.org.in with effect from close of business today (June 21, 2024). The current URLs, viz., https://dbie.rbi.org.in and https://cimsdbie.rbi.org.in will also get directed to the new URL https://data.rbi.org.in.

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, the Reserve Bank of India has decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on June 21, 2024, Friday, as under:

Government of India has announced the sale (re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on June 21, 2024. As per the extant scheme of underwriting notified on November 14, 2007, the amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) for the underwriting auction, applicable to each Primary Dealer (PD), are 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) 565,210.64 6.53 3.00-6.80 I. Call Money 11,578.75 6.65 5.10-6.75 II. Triparty Repo 383,926.80 6.50 6.30-6.74 III. Market Repo 169,075.09 6.59 3.00-6.80 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 630.00 6.78 6.75-6.80

Government of India announces the conversion/switch of its securities through auction for an aggregate amount of ₹25,000 crore (face value). The security-wise details of the conversion/switch are given as under:

Auction Results 91 Days 182 Days 364 Days I. Notified Amount ₹ 4000 Crore ₹ 4000 Crore ₹ 4000 Crore II. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 77 124 117 (ii) Amount ₹ 24062.485 Crore ₹ 23845.900 Crore ₹ 21510.945 Crore III. Cut-off price / Yield 98.3293 96.6459 93.4921 (YTM: 6.8150%) (YTM: 6.9601%) (YTM: 6.9800%) IV. Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number 13 9 10 (ii) Amount ₹ 3938.672 Crore ₹ 3907.170 Crore ₹ 3981.472 Crore

I. T-Bill 91 days 182 days 364 days II. Total Face Value Notified ₹4,000 Crore ₹4,000 Crore ₹4,000 Crore III. Cut-off Price and Implicit Yield at Cut-Off Price 98.3293 (YTM: 6.8150%) 96.6459 (YTM: 6.9601%) 93.4921 (YTM: 6.9800%) IV. Total Face Value Accepted ₹4,000 Crore ₹4,000 Crore ₹4,000 Crore

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended June 14, 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), vide order dated June 19, 2024, has cancelled the licence of “The City Co-operative Bank Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra.” Consequently, the bank ceases to carry on banking business, with effect from the close of business on June 19, 2024. The Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Maharashtra has also been requested to issue an order for winding up the bank and appoint a liquidator for the bank.

The Reserve Bank had issued ‘Omnibus Framework for recognition of Self-Regulatory Organisations for Regulated Entities of the Reserve Bank’ dated March 21, 2024, wherein broad parameters, viz., objectives, responsibilities, eligibility criteria, governance standards, application process, etc., were specified. It was also stated that other sector-specific guidelines like number of SROs, membership, etc., shall be issued separately whenever a sectoral SRO is intended to be set up.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the June 2024 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes three speeches, three articles, and current statistics. The three articles are: I. State of the Economy; II. Financial Stocks and Flow of Funds of the Indian Economy 2021-22; and III. India’s Deposit Insurance @60: Retrospect and Prospect.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 5,77,563.92 6.66 3.00-7.05 I. Call Money 12,009.81 6.73 5.10-6.85 II. Triparty Repo  3,91,968.40 6.64 6.25-6.74 III. Market Repo 1,72,805.71 6.70 3.00-6.90 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond  780.00 7.01 7.00-7.05 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money**  815.70 6.74 5.95-6.90

In the Fourth Cohort of the Regulatory Sandbox (RS) with ‘Prevention and Mitigation of Financial Frauds’ as its theme, six entities were to commence testing of their products which was communicated vide Press Release dated January 05, 2023.

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on June 18, 2024 is as under: (Amount in ₹Crore) GUJARAT 2027 HARYANA 2034 JAMMU AND KASHMIR UT 2051 PUNJAB 2033 Notified Amount 2000 1500 500 1500 Tenure 3 10 27 9 Competitive Bids Received (i) No. 92 83 14 65 (ii) Amount 12470 7826.5 1650 5515 Cut off Yield (%) 7.23 7.36 7.33 7.39 Competitive Bids Accepted (i) No. 9 6 1 16 (ii) Amount 1910.294 1431.654 499.79 1451.808

Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised (₹Crore) Amount Accepted (₹ Crore) Cut off Yield (%) Tenure (Year) 1. Gujarat 2000 2000 7.23 03 2. Haryana 1500 1500 7.36 10 3. Jammu and Kashmir 500 500 7.33 27

Tenor 3-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,00,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 1,57,800 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 1,00,002 Cut off Rate (%) 6.57 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.61 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 74.56

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on June 18, 2024, Tuesday, as under: Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 1,00,000 3 11:15 AM to 11:45 AM June 21, 2024 (Friday)  2. The operational guidelines for the auction will be same as given in Reserve Bank’s Press Release 2021-2022/1572 dated January 20, 2022.   (Puneet Pancholy)    Chief General Manager Press Release: 2024-2025/513