Press Releases

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction on September 02, 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) 10,428.86 6.54 5.50-6.81 I. Call Money 1,757.65 6.39 5.50-6.80 II. Triparty Repo 7,551.75 6.54 6.00-6.67 III. Market Repo 256.46 6.60 6.25-6.70 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 863.00 6.80 6.80-6.81 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 9,611.37 6.72 5.10-6.85 II. Term Money@@ 607.00 - 6.50-7.20 III. Triparty Repo 405,335.55 6.60 6.10-6.72 IV. Market Repo 168,014.16 6.61 2.00-6.80 V. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - -

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹20,553 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State Amount to be raised (₹Crore) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1. Andhra Pradesh 1000 10 Yield 1000 13 Yield 1000 20 Yield 1000 23 Yield 2. Assam 1000 20 Yield 3. Goa 150 11 Yield

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – June 2024 ’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications).

Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Returns (BSR)-1: Outstanding Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs)1 - June 20242’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications). It captures various characteristics of bank credit such as occupation/activity and organisational sector of the borrower, type of account and interest rates based on account-level reporting3. Data reported by SCBs (excluding Regional Rural Banks) are presented for bank groups, population groups4 and states.

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 September 04, 2024 (Wednesday) September 05, 2024 (Thursday) 2 182 Days 6,000 3 364 Days 6,000 Total 20,000

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated August 26, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2,10,000/- (Rupees Two Lakh Ten Thousand only) on Cent Bank Home Finance Limited (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of ‘Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016’ issued by RBI. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI conferred under section 52A of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of August 2024 are set out in Tables 1 to 7. Highlights: Lending Rates:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated August 26, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2,68,30,000 (Rupees Two crore sixty eight lakh and thirty thousand only) on UCO Bank (the bank) for contravention of provisions of section 26A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act), and non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Interest Rate on Advances’, ‘Opening of Current Accounts by Banks - Need for Discipline’, ‘Interest Rate on Deposits’ and ‘Frauds classification and reporting by commercial banks and select FIs’.

The value of exports and imports of services during July 2024 is given in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports)