In terms of GOI notification F.No.4(25)-(W&M)/2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series-V-Issue date October 30, 2017) on Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, the Gold Bond shall be repayable on the expiration of eight years from the date of issue of the Gold Bonds. Accordingly, the final redemption date of the above tranche shall be October 30, 2025.

The Reserve Bank of India today placed on its website a draft circular on Guidelines to facilitate faster cross-border inward payments. Comments / feedback on the draft Circular are invited from banks by November 19, 2025. The comments/ feedback may be submitted through the link under the ‘Connect2Regulate’ Section available on the Reserve Bank’s website. Comments may alternatively be forwarded to:

The rate of interest on Government of India Floating Rate Bond 2034 (GOI FRB 2034) applicable for the half year October 30, 2025 to April 29, 2026 shall be 6.54 per cent per annum. It may be recalled that FRB 2034 carries a coupon, which has a base rate equivalent to the average of the Weighted Average Yield (WAY) of last three auctions (from the rate fixing day i.e., October 30, 2025) of 182 Day T-Bills, plus a fixed spread (0.98 per cent).

Today, the Reserve Bank released the provisional results of the 2024-25 round of the annual census on foreign liabilities and assets (FLA) covering cross-border liabilities and assets of the Indian entities {viz., companies, limited liability partnerships (LLPs), alternative investment funds (AIFs) and partnership firms} with inward/outward direct investment (DI). Out of the 45,702 entities which responded in the latest census, 41,517 reported foreign direct investment (FDI) and/or overseas direct investment (ODI) in their balance sheet for March 2025. Of these entities, 33,637 had also reported in the previous census round and 7,880 have newly reported in the current round. Over three-fourths of the companies that reported inward direct investment were subsidiaries of foreign companies (i.e., single foreign investor holding more than 50 per cent of total equity).

     The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the fortnight ended October 24, 2025

(Amount in ₹ crore) Auction Results 91-Day 182-Day 364-Day I. Notified Amount 7,000 6,000 6,000 II. Competitive Bids Received

I. T-Bill 91-Day 182-Day 364-Day II. Total Face Value Notified ₹7,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore III. Cut-off Price and Implicit Yield at Cut-Off Price 98.6575 (YTM:5.4580%) 97.2840 (YTM: 5.5990%) 94.7275 (YTM: 5.5813%) IV. Total Face Value Accepted ₹7,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore

Reserve Bank of India had invited entries under the captioned scheme vide press release dated 05 June 2025. On evaluation of the entries received, it has been decided to award Dr. Keshav Prasad 'Saras', retired Associate Professor, Chandrashekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur under this scheme for his book “कृषि वित्त एवं सहकारिता’’.

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,50,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 58,512 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 58,512 Cut off Rate (%) 5.51 Weighted Average Rate (%) 5.51 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) NA

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 6,70,181.10 5.45 4.85-6.60 I. Call Money 19,292.87 5.56 4.85-5.68 II. Triparty Repo 4,47,488.75 5.41 5.01-5.55 III. Market Repo 1,99,766.93 5.53 5.00-5.75 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 3,632.55 5.73 5.65-6.60