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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 October 2023. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1410

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated November 20, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹4.00 lakh (Rupees Four lakh only) on Jijamata Mahila Sahakari Bank Limited, Pune (the bank) for non-compliance with RBI directions on ‘Reserve Bank of India - Know Your Customer (KYC) Direction, 2016’ and ‘Frauds in UCBs: Changes in Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism’. 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 Banking Regulation Act, 1949. This action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers. Background

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), by an order dated November 20, 2023, has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on Shri Laxmikrupa Urban Co-operative Bank Limited, Pune (the bank) for non-compliance with RBI directions on ‘Reserve Bank of India - Know Your Customer (KYC) Direction, 2016’. 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 Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

December 04, 2023 RBI imposes monetary penalty on The Konark Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd., Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated November 20, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on The Konark Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd., Ulhasnagar (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Maintenance of Deposit Accounts - Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks’. 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.

December 04, 2023   RBI imposes monetary penalty on The Chembur Nagarik Sahakari Bank Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated November 20, 2023, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on The Chembur Nagarik Sahakari Bank Ltd., Mumbai (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Maintenance of Deposit Accounts - Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks’. 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.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted 
Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 0.00    -    - I. Call Money 0.00    -    - II. Triparty Repo 0.00    -    -III. Market Repo 0.00    -    - IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00    -    -

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted 
Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 0.00    -    - I. Call Money 0.00    -    - II. Triparty Repo 0.00    -    -III. Market Repo 0.00    -    - IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00    -    -

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 15,321.48 6.69    5.50-6.90 I. Call Money    961.55    6.20 5.50-6.70 II. Triparty Repo 12,206.90 6.75    6.00-6.90 III. Market Repo 2,153.03 6.57 6.50-6.60 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - - B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 12,432.82 6.79 5.00-6.90 II. Term Money@@ 228.50 - 6.75-6.90 III. Triparty Repo 358,510.95    6.75 6.35-6.77 IV. Market Repo 160,757.05 6.78 0.01-6.98

The Reserve Bank of India, vide Directive LKO.DOS.SED.No.S850/10-03-030/2022-2023 dated March 02, 2023 had placed Banaras Merchantile Co-operative Bank Ltd., Varanasi (U.P) under Directions from the close of business on March 03, 2023 for a period of six months. The validity of the directions was further extended up to close of business on December 03, 2023.

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(25) - W&M/2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series X - Issue date December 04, 2017) 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 December 04, 2023.

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹15,132 Crore (Face Value).  Sr. No.    State / UT    Amount to be raised (₹ Cr)    Additional Borrowing (Greenshoe) Option (₹ Cr)    Tenure (Year)    Type of Auction 1    Andhra Pradesh    1000    -    6    Yield 1000    -    9    Yield 1000    -    14    Yield 2    Bihar    2000    -    15    Yield 3    Haryana    1000    -    10    Yield 4    Jammu and Kashmir    600    -    27    Yield 5    Karnataka    2000    -    10    Yield

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    7,000    November 01, 2023 (Wednesday)    November 02, 2023 (Thursday)

Auction Results 7.37% GS 2028 7.18% GS 2033 7.30% GS 2053 I. Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore ₹13000 Crore ₹10000 Crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹7000 Crore ₹13000 Crore ₹10000 Crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 132 186 278 (ii) Amount ₹19766 Crore ₹30297.700 Crore ₹25849.173 Crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield 100.40 99.23 97.11 (YTM: 7.2684%) (YTM: 7.2899%) (YTM: 7.5452%) V. Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number 40 61 159

7.37% GS 2028 7.18% GS 2033 7.30% GS 2053 I. Notified Amount ₹7,000 crore ₹13,000 crore    ₹10,000 crore II. Cut off Price / Implicit Yield at cut-off 100.40/7.2684% 99.23/7.2899% 97.11/7.5452% III. Amount accepted in the auction    ₹7,000 crore ₹13,000 crore ₹10,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL NIL Ajit Prasad Director (Communications)  Press Release: 2023-2024/1388

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – September 2023’ on its Database on Indian Economy (DBIE) portal3 (web-link: - https://dbieold.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=BsrPublications#!21).  Scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) {excluding regional rural banks (RRBs)} report branch-wise data on type of deposits (current, savings and term), its institutional sector wise ownership, age wise distribution of deposits pertaining to individuals, maturity pattern of term deposits as well as number of bank employees in the quarterly Basic Statistical Return (BSR) – 2 to the Reserve Bank. These data are disseminated at disaggregated level (viz., type of deposits, population groups, bank groups, states, districts, centres, interest rate ranges, size and original as well as residual maturity).

Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Returns (BSR)-1: Outstanding Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) - September 2023’ on its Database on Indian Economy (DBIE) portal1 (web-link: https://dbieold.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=BsrPublications#!12). 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 reporting2. Data reported by 90 SCBs (excluding Regional Rural Banks) are presented for bank groups, population groups and states3.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item    2022    2023    Variation Nov. 25    Nov. 17    Nov. 24    Week    Year 1    2    3    4    5 4 Loans and Advances         4.1 Central Government    0    0    0    0    0 4.2 State Governments    2944    17338    16275    -1062    13331 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The value of exports and imports of services during October 2023 is given in the following table.  International Trade in Services (US$ Million) Month    Receipts (Exports)    Payments (Imports) July – 2023    26,228 (8.1)    13,754 (-2.2) August – 2023    28,719 (8.4)    15,103

Tenor 14-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 50,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 22,468 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 22,468 Cut off Rate (%) 6.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate NA Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1389

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 has been periodically published by the RBI.  2. The facility for deposit and / or exchange of the ₹2000 banknotes was available at all bank branches in the country initially upto September 30, 2023, which was later extended upto October 07, 2023.