Press Releases

The Reserve Bank had cautioned members of public against frauds in the name of KYC updation vide its Press Release dated September 13, 2021. In the wake of continuing incidents/ reports of customers falling prey to frauds being perpetrated in the name of KYC updation, RBI once again urges the members of public to exercise caution and due care to prevent loss and safeguard themselves from such malicious practices.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 29, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five lakh only) on Bajaj Housing Finance Limited, Pune (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the ‘Non-Banking Financial Company - Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021’ issued by the RBI. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 52A read with clause (aa) of sub-section (3) of section 49 of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets*  (₹ Crore)  Item  2023  2024  Variation  Jan. 27  Jan. 19  Jan. 26  Week  Year  1  2  3  4  5  4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government  0  0  0  0  0  4.2 State Governments  16745  18712  12810  -5902  -3935  * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Auction Results  7.32% GS 2030  7.18% GS 2037  7.25% GS 2063  7.37% GOI SGrB 2054  I.  Notified Amount  ₹12000 Crore  ₹10000 Crore  ₹12000 Crore  ₹5000 Crore  II.  Underwriting Notified Amount  ₹12000 Crore  ₹10000 Crore  ₹12000 Crore  ₹5000 Crore  III.  Competitive Bids Received (i)  Number  152  168  267  86  (ii) Amount  ₹ 28002 Crore  ₹ 29830.500 Crore  ₹ 32214 Crore  ₹ 12125 Crore  IV.  Cut-off price / Yield  101.75  100.90  101.33  102.84  (YTM: 6.9883%)  (YTM: 7.0749%)  (YTM: 7.1475%)  (YTM: 7.1387%)  V.  Competitive Bids Accepted(i)  Number  42  27  69  31  (ii) Amount  ₹ 11981.747 Crore  ₹ 9992.531 Crore  ₹ 11990.055 Crore  ₹ 4998.455 Crore

7.32% GS 2030  7.18% GS 2037  7.25% GS 2063  7.37% GOI SGrB 2054  I.  Notified Amount  ₹12,000 crore  ₹10,000 crore  ₹12,000 crore  ₹5,000 crore  II.  Cut off Price / Implicit Yield at cut-off  101.75/ 6.9883%  100.90/ 7.0749%  101.33/ 7.1475%  102.84/ 7.1387%  III.  Amount accepted in the auction  ₹12,000 crore  ₹10,000 crore  ₹12,000 crore  ₹5,000 crore  IV.  Devolvement on Primary Dealers  NIL  NIL  NIL  NIL  Ajit Prasad Director (Communications)  Press Release: 2023-2024/1790

Tenor  4-day  Notified Amount (in ₹ crore)  50,000  Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore)  3,975  Amount accepted (in ₹ crore)  3,975  Cut off Rate (%)  6.49  Weighted Average Rate (%)  6.48  Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate  NA  Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1789

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo auction on February 02, 2024, Friday, as under:

In the underwriting auctions conducted on February 02, 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:

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent)MONEY MARKETS@ Volume 
(One Leg)Weighted Average Rate Range A.Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)  8,648.49 6.63 5.00-7.09 I. Call Money 11,496.33 6.745.00-6.86

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 January 01, 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has imposed, by an order dated January 18, 2024, a monetary penalty of ₹2.00 lakh (Rupees Two Lakh only) on The Shirpur Peoples Co-operative Bank Ltd., Dhule (Maharashtra) (the bank) for non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on Exposure Norms & Statutory Other Restrictions- UCBs and Board of Directors-UCBs. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in the 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 January 19, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000 (Rupees Fifty thousand only) on Janata Sahakari Bank Limited, Amravati (the bank) for contravention of provisions of section 26A read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act). 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 BR Act.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has imposed, by an order dated January 25, 2024, a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on Nagrik Sahakari Bank Maryadit, Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh) (the bank) for non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on Exposure Norms & Statutory/Other Restrictions on UCBs and Know Your Customer (KYC). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in the 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 imposed, by an order dated January 18, 2024, a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on Nashik Zilha Sarkari & Parishad Karmachari Sahakari Bank Niyamit, Nashik (Maharashtra) (the bank) for non-compliance with 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 value of exports and imports of services during December 2023 is given in the following table.

Government of India has announced the sale (re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on February 02, 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) 488,900.96  6.73  5.00-7.05 I. Call Money 13,194.75 6.79 5.00-6.86 II. Triparty Repo 328,800.25 6.70 6.64-7.00 III. Market Repo 146,430.96 6.77 6.25-6.90 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 475.00 7.05 7.05-7.05

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been publishing a composite Reserve Bank of India – Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) since January 1, 2021 with March 2018 as base to capture the extent of digitisation of payments across the country. The index for September 2023 stands at 418.77 as against 395.57 for March 2023, which was announced on July 27, 2023.

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

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended January 26, 2024. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-24/1775