Press Releases

As announced vide the Press Release 2025-26/1759 dated December 23, 2025, the Reserve Bank will be conducting OMO purchase for an aggregate amount of ₹50,000 crore on January 12, 2026. 2. Accordingly, the Reserve Bank will purchase the following Government securities through a multi-security auction

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released Supervisory Data Quality Index (sDQI) for SCBs for September 2025. It measures data quality in terms of the Accuracy, Timeliness, Completeness and Consistency in the submission of returns. The objective of sDQI is to assess the adherence to the principles enunciated in the Master Direction on Filing of Supervisory Returns 2024.

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on January 06, 2026, is as under: (Amount in ₹ Crore) ANDHRA PRADESH SGS 2036 ANDHRA PRADESH SGS 2040 ANDHRA PRADESH SGS 2042 ANDHRA PRADESH SGS 2044 Notified Amount 1000 1000 1000 1000 Tenor 10 -Years 14 -Years 16 -Years 18 -Years Competitive Bids Received (i) No. 94 121 73 73

Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised (₹ Crore) Amount Accepted (₹ Crore) Cut off Price (₹)/ Yield (%) Tenor (Year) 1. Andhra Pradesh 1000 1000 7.53 10 1000 1000 7.64 14 1000 1000 7.61 16 1000 1000 7.60 18

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 6,70,938.38 5.21 1.99-6.40 I. Call Money 18,787.42 5.40 4.50-5.50 II. Triparty Repo 4,51,651.35 5.15 4.50-5.26 III. Market Repo 1,97,591.86 5.32 1.99-5.65 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 2,907.75 5.48 5.45-6.40 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 145.80 5.34 4.85-5.50

As part of the Reserve Bank’s ongoing engagement with regulated entities, the Governor, Reserve Bank of India, today held a meeting in Mumbai with the Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers (MDs & CEOs) of select Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs), including Government NBFCs, Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) and Microfinance Institutions. The Reserve Bank had last held a similar meeting with NBFCs on February 13, 2025.

The first meeting of the Payments Regulatory Board (PRB) was held today in Mumbai under the Chairmanship of Shri Sanjay Malhotra, Governor. It may be recalled that PRB was constituted consequent to an amendment in the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 which came into effect on May 9, 2025

Reserve Bank of India has entered into an Agreement under sub-section (1) of Section 21A of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 with the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD). Under the agreement, which shall be effective from January 09, 2026, the Reserve Bank of India shall carry on the general banking business of GNCTD and manage its rupee public debt.

The Reserve Bank of India had, on October 03, 2025, issued eight draft Directions on Lending to Related Parties, viz.,: (i) Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Lending to Related Parties) Directions, 2025 (ii) Reserve Bank of India (Small Finance Banks – Lending to Related Parties) Directions, 2025 (iii) Reserve Bank of India (Regional Rural Banks – Lending to Related Parties) Directions, 2025 (iv) Reserve Bank of India (Local Area Banks – Lending to Related Parties) Directions, 2025 (v) Reserve Bank of India (Urban Co-operative Banks – Lending to Related Parties) Directions, 2025 (vi) Reserve Bank of India (Rural Co-operative Banks – Lending to Related Parties) Directions, 2025 (vii) Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Companies – Lending to Related Parties) Directions, 2025 and (viii) Reserve Bank of India (All India Financial Institutions – Lending to Related Parties) Directions, 2025 seeking feedback from stakeholders. The draft directions were aimed primarily at providing a harmonised, principle-based framework to be adopted by REs while lending to related parties, suitably rationalising the existing provisions.

Government of India (GoI) has announced the sale (re-issue) of two dated securities for a notified amount of ₹29,000 crore as per the following details: Sr No Security Date of Repayment Notified Amount (₹ Crore) GoI specific Notification Auction Date Settlement Date 1 6.68% GS 2040 Jul 07, 2040 16,000 F.No.4(1)-B(W&M)/2025 dated January 05, 2026 January 09, 2026 (Friday) January 12, 2026 (Monday) 2 6.90% GS 2065 Apr 15, 2065 13,000 Total 29,000 2. GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to ₹2,000 crore against each security mentioned above