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The stock of external debt at end-June 2024 as well as revised data for earlier quarters are set out in Statements I (IMF format ) and II (old format). The major developments relating to India’s external debt as at end-June 2024 are presented below. Highlights • At end-June 2024, India’s external debt was placed at US$ 682.3 billion, an increase of US$ 13.3 billion over its level at end-March 2024 (Table 1).

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction on October 01, 2024, Tuesday, as under:

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of August 2024 collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks, accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed by all scheduled commercial banks, are set out in Statements I and II.

Today, the Reserve Bank of India released the balance of payments (BoP) data for the first quarter (Q1), i.e., April-June of 2024-25 on its website (www.rbi.org.in). On the basis of these data, the sources of variation in foreign exchange reserves during April-June 2024 are detailed below in Table 1

Preliminary data on India’s balance of payments (BoP) for the first quarter (Q1), i.e., April-June 2024-25, are presented in Statements I and II. Key Features of India’s BoP in Q1:2024-25 • India’s current account deficit (CAD) widened marginally to US$ 9.7 billion (1.1 per cent of GDP) in Q1:2024-25 from US$ 8.9 billion (1.0 per cent of GDP) in Q1:2023-24 and against a surplus of US$ 4.6 billion (0.5 per cent of GDP) in Q4:2023-24.

Tenor 4-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,00,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 1,000 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 1,000 Cut off Rate (%) 6.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers 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) 0.00 - - I. Call Money 0.00 - - II. Triparty Repo 0.00 - - III. Market Repo 0.00 - - IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - - B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 0.00 - - II. Term Money@@ 0.00 - - III. Triparty Repo 0.00 - - IV. Market Repo 0.00 - - V. 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) 576,030.71 6.47 5.10-6.75 I. Call Money 10,317.52 6.53 5.10-6.65 II. Triparty Repo 409,571.75 6.44 6.25-6.60 III. Market Repo 154,783.44 6.55 6.00-6.70 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,358.00 6.62 6.60-6.75

To mark the 90th year of its establishment, Reserve Bank of India hosted RBI@90 Inter Institutional Cricket Tournament at Jaipur, Rajasthan from September 21-28, 2024. Teams with Indian players having experience of playing at International and National level participated in the tournament. The tournament was played in the twenty over format.

It is hereby notified for information of the public that in exercise of powers vested in it under sub section (1) of Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide Directive Ref. No. CO.DOS.SED.No. S4800/12-23-151/2024-2025 dated September 26, 2024, has issued certain Directions to Shree Mahalaxmi Urban Co-operative Credit Bank Ltd., Gokak, (the bank) whereby, as from the close of business on September 27, 2024, the bank shall not, without prior approval of RBI in writing, grant or renew any loans and advances, make any investment, incur any liability including borrowal of funds and acceptance of fresh deposits, disburse or agree to disburse any payment whether in discharge of its liabilities and obligations or otherwise, enter into any compromise or arrangement and sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets except as notified in the RBI Direction dated September 26, 2024. Considering the bank's present liquidity position, the bank has been directed not to allow withdrawal of any amount from savings bank, current accounts or any other account of a depositor, but set off of loans against deposits is allowed, subject to the conditions stated in the above RBI Directions. The bank may incur expenditure in respect of certain essential items such as salaries of employees, rent, electricity bills, etc. as specified in the said Directions.

In terms of GOI Notification F.No. 4(7)-W&M/2016 dated August 29, 2016 (SGB 2016 -17 Series II - Issue date September 30, 2016) 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 September 30, 2024.

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹19,942 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State Amount to be raised. (₹Crore) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1 Andhra Pradesh 1000 14 Yield 1000 20 Yield 1000 24 Yield 2 Assam 750 15 Yield

The Reserve Bank today held a Conference in Bengaluru for the Directors on the Boards of Small Finance Banks (SFBs). Shri Swaminathan J, Deputy Governor inaugurated the Conference. The event, with the theme ‘Governance in SFBs - Driving Sustainable Growth and Stability’, is part of a series of supervisory engagements that the Reserve Bank has been organising with the Directors of its Supervised Entities in recent past. Earlier, the Conferences for Directors on the Boards of Public Sector Banks and Private Sector Banks were held in May 2023 and for UCBs in August 2023 and June 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the State Governments/Union Territories (UTs), announces that the quantum of total market borrowings by the State Governments/UTs for the quarter October – December 2024, is expected to be ₹3,20,121 Crore.

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 October 03, 2024 (Thursday) October 04, 2024 (Friday) 2 182 Days 6,000 3 364 Days 6,000 Total 19,000

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 30, 2024, Monday, as under:

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Sep. 22 Sep. 13 Sep. 20 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 13480 29725 26447 -3279 12967 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Auction Results 7.04% GS 2029 7.23% GS 2039 7.09% GS 2054 I. Notified Amount ₹12,000 crore ₹12,000 crore ₹10,000 crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹12,000 crore ₹12,000 crore ₹10,000 crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 154 196 203

7.04% GS 2029 7.23% GS 2039 7.09% GS 2054 I. Notified Amount ₹12,000 crore ₹12,000 crore ₹10,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 101.52/6.6530% 104.07/6.7848% 102.28/6.9076% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹12,000 crore ₹12,000 crore ₹10,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL NIL