The 35th Conference of the State Finance Secretaries was held in Mumbai on September 18, 2025. The theme of the Conference was ‘Journey towards Economic Prosperity through the Path of Fiscal Consolidation’ and was attended by Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India; the Finance Secretaries of 28 States and two Union Territories; and other officials from the Ministry of Finance, Government of India; Controller General of Accounts and the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Governor, Reserve Bank of India inaugurated the Conference.

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on Friday, September 19, 2025, as under:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has imposed, by an order dated September 15, 2025, a monetary penalty of ₹3.50 lakh (Rupees Three Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on The Jalgaon District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Maharashtra (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 20 read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and non-compliance with certain 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 Section 46(4)(i) and Section 56 of the BR Act.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has imposed, by an order dated September 15, 2025, a monetary penalty of ₹4.50 lakh (Rupees Four Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on Chandrapur District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Maharashtra (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 26A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and non-compliance

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated September 15, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1 lakh (Rupees One Lakh only) on Yavatmal District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd.,

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 17, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹23,000/- (Rupees Twenty Three Thousand only) on The Ahmedabad Mercantile Co-operative Bank Limited, Ahmedabad (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Membership of Credit Information Companies by Co-operative Banks’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 25(1)(iii) read with Section 23(4) of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 17, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹3.75 lakh (Rupees Three lakh seventy five thousand only) on Bharat Co-operative Bank (Mumbai) Limited (the bank), for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Reporting of Unusual Cyber Security Incidents’. 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 Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on External Commercial Borrowings (ECB), Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB) and Rupee Denominated Bonds (RDB) both, through Automatic Route and Approval Route, for the month of July 2025.

Government of India has announced the sale (re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on September 19, 2025 (Friday). As per the extant scheme of underwriting commitment notified on November 14, 2007, the amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) auction, applicable to each Primary Dealer (PD), are as under:

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 06-Sep-2024 22-Aug-2025* 05-Sep-2025* 06-Sep-2024 22-Aug-2025* 05-Sep-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 298116.19 346928.84 322142.98 302401.77 354508.87 329710.26** b) Borrowings from banks 128865.30 100383.06 96816.68 129153.89 100411.43 96885.30 c) Other demand & time liabilities 23518.75 24498.34 28046.56 23846.90 25023.28 28547.67 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposits (other than from banks) 21550315.52 23504534.61 23669753.44 22002066.95 23999553.75 24165517.81 i) Demand 2457243.56 2889394.78 2892106.55 2505648.23 2939197.45 2943330.22 ii) Time 19093071.95 20615139.83 20777646.89 19496418.71 21060356.30 21222187.60 b) Borrowings @ 843672.46 862408.87 816469.05 847826.98 866787.67 820798.87 c) Other demand & time liabilities 1052347.33 1033325.08 1115663.05 1066192.83 1047572.60 1131645.50 III BORROWINGS FROM R.B.I. (B) 7740.00 1818.00 3936.00 7740.00 1818.00 3936.00

Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 45,783 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 25,006

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on Thursday, September 18, 2025, as under: Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 25,000 1 10:15 AM to 10:45 AM September 19, 2025 (Friday) 2. The operational guidelines for the auction will be same as given in Reserve Bank’s

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 6,62,665.77 5.45 3.00-6.55 I. Call Money 22,370.32 5.47 4.75-5.65 II. Triparty Repo 4,37,538.75 5.44 5.20-5.75 III. Market Repo 1,99,471.15 5.45 3.00-5.75 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 3,285.55 5.66 5.55-6.55 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 349.30 5.36 5.00-5.45

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended September 12, 2025 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended September 05, 2025.

In continuation of the Framework for Formulation of Regulations , the Reserve Bank of India has decided to strengthen the institutional mechanism for review of regulations and has constituted a Regulatory Review Cell (RRC). 2. The mandate of the RRC is to ensure that all the regulations issued by the Bank are subject to a comprehensive and systematic internal review every 5 to 7 years. The RRC shall be set up in the Department of Regulation effect from October 1, 2025 and would undertake the review of regulations in a phased manner.

Auction Results 91-Day 182-Day 364-Day I. Notified Amount 10,000 6,000 5,000 II. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 133 69 93 (ii) Amount 29,662.850 20,776.150 20,900.700

I. T-Bill 91-Day 182-Day 364-Day II. Total Face Value Notified ₹10,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore ₹5,000 Crore III. Cut-off Price and Implicit Yield at Cut-Off Price 98.6479 (YTM:5.4976%) 97.2814 (YTM: 5.6045%) 94.6795 (YTM: 5.6349%) IV. Total Face Value Accepted ₹10,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore ₹5,000 Crore

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 6,70,225.22 5.39 3.00-6.50 I. Call Money 20,599.74 5.43 4.75-5.50 II. Triparty Repo 4,50,372.45 5.37 5.24-5.45 III. Market Repo 1,95,710.63 5.41 3.00-6.00 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 3,542.40 5.64 5.55-6.50 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 253.45 5.34 4.90-5.45

In terms of GOI notification F.No. 4(7)-B(W&M)/2019 dated May 30, 2019 (SGB 2019-20 Series-IV-Issue date September 17, 2019) on Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, premature redemption of Gold Bond may be permitted after fifth year from the date of issue of such Gold Bond on the date on which interest is payable. Accordingly, the next due date of premature redemption of the above tranche shall be on September 17, 2025.

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on September 16, 2025, is as under: (Amount in ₹ Crore) ASSAM SGS 2045 GOA SGS 2035 HARYANA SGS 2039 HARYANA SGS 2042 Notified Amount 1500 100 1000 1000