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Tenor 1-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 36,775 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 36,775

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 5,63,402.46 6.20 5.15-6.60 I. Call Money 12,495.25 6.29 5.15-6.60 II. Triparty Repo 3,88,401.35 6.18 5.85-6.29 III. Market Repo 1,60,631.66 6.26 5.70-6.50 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,874.20 6.46 6.45-6.50 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 289.10 6.34 5.80-6.40 II. Term Money@@ 129.50 - 6.50-6.65 III. Triparty Repo 100.00 6.35 6.35-6.35 IV. Market Repo 414.85 6.61 6.45-6.64 V. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - -

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹38,054 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised (₹ Crore) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1. Andhra Pradesh 1000 11 Yield 2. Assam 900 15 Yield 950 20 Yield

In pursuance of the announcement made in the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated October 09, 2024 regarding the review of extant regulatory guidelines on levy of foreclosure charges/ pre-payment penalties on loans, Reserve Bank has released today the draft circular in this regard. Comments/feedback by the stakeholders and members of public on the draft circular may be submitted by March 21, 2025 through e-mail. Final circular shall be issued after considering the stakeholder/ public comments.

In terms of Para 13 of the Consolidated Procedural Guidelines on the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular IDMD.CDD.1100/14.04.050/2021-22 dated October 22, 2021, premature redemption of the gold bonds is permitted after five years from the date of issue of such bonds. 2. Accordingly, the details of tranches falli

The Reserve Bank of India issued Directions to Shankarrao Mohite Patil Sahakari Bank Ltd., Akluj, Maharashtra under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 vide Directive NGP.DOS.SSM 2.No.S1389/15-04-616/2022-2023 dated February 23, 2023, for a period of six months up to August 24, 2023 as modified from time to time which were last extended up to close of business on February 24, 2025 vide DOR.MON/D-74/12.22.275/2024-25 dated November 21, 2024.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – December 2024 ’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications). 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, size and interest rate range wise distribution of term deposits as well as number of employees in the quarterly ‘Basic Statistical Return’ (BSR) - 2 return. These data are released at disaggregated level (viz., population groups , bank groups, states, districts and centres).

Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Returns (BSR)-1: Outstanding Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) - December 2024 ’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications).

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 20, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹6.20 lakh (Rupees Six Lakh Twenty Thousand only) on Asirvad Micro Finance Limited (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the ‘Master Direction - Reserve Bank of India (Regulatory Framework for Microfinance Loans) Directions, 2022’, and ‘Appointment of Internal Ombudsman by Non-Banking Financial Companies’ issued by RBI. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 58G read with clause (aa) of sub-section (5) of Section 58B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 17, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.50 lakh (Rupees One lakh fifty thousand only) on JM Financial Home Loans Limited (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the ‘Non-Banking Financial Company - Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021’ issued by RBI. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 52A of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 20, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹39.00 lakh (Rupees Thirty nine lakh only) on Citibank N.A. (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Large Exposures Framework’ and ‘Furnishing of Credit Information to Credit Information Companies (CICs). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47 A(1)(c) read with Section 46(4)(i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and Section 25(1)(iii) read with Section 23(4) of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.

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 14,000 February 27, 2025 (Thursday) February 28, 2025 (Friday) 2 182 Days 12,000 3 364 Days 7,000 Total 33,000

As announced vide the Press Release 2024-2025/1933 dated January 15, 2025, the Reserve Bank will be conducting daily Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auctions on all working days in Mumbai with reversal taking place on the next working day, until further notice.

In order to meet the durable liquidity needs of the system, the Reserve Bank has decided to inject Rupee liquidity for longer duration through long-term USD/INR Buy/Sell swap. Accordingly, the Reserve Bank will be conducting a USD/INR Buy/Sell swap auction of USD 10 billion for a tenor of 3 years.

The fifty third meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), constituted under Section 45ZB of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, was held during February 5 to 7, 2025. 2. The meeting was chaired by Shri Sanjay Malhotra, Governor and was attended by all the members – Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Director and Chief Executive, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi; Shri Saugata Bhattacharya, Economist, Mumbai; Professor Ram Singh, Director, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi; Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, Executive Director (the officer of the Reserve Bank nominated by the Central Board under Section 45ZB(2)(c) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934), and Shri M Rajeshwar Rao, Deputy Governor in charge of monetary policy.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Feb. 16 Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 13292 35454 25646 -9809 12354 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Auction Results 6.75% GS 2029 6.98% GOI SGrB 2054 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹14,000 crore ₹5,000 crore ₹15,000 crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹14,000 crore ₹5,000 crore ₹15,000 crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 184 67 264 (ii) Amount ₹38111.088 Crore ₹8490.000 Crore ₹36425.000 Crore

The Reserve Bank of India issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to HCBL Co-operative Bank Ltd., Lucknow vide Directive No. LKO.DOS.SED.No.S842/10-12-133/2022-2023 dated February 23, 2023 for a period of six months up to August 24, 2023 as modified from time to time, which were last extended up to February 24, 2025 vide Directive No. DOR.MON/D-71/12.22.133/2024-25 dated November 19, 2024. The Reserve Bank of India is satisfied that in the public interest, it is necessary to further extend the period of operation of the Directive beyond February 24, 2025.

It may be recalled that, in exercise of powers conferred under Section 45-IE (5) (a) of the RBI Act, 1934, the Reserve Bank had, on January 30, 2025, constituted a three-member Advisory Committee to assist Shri Ram Kumar, Administrator of Aviom India Housing Finance Private Limited (AVIOM) in discharge of his duties. The members of the Committee are:

6.75% GS 2029 6.98% GOI SGrB 2054 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹14,000 crore ₹5,000 crore ₹15,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 100.27/6.6806% 98.41/7.1079% 102.92/7.1168% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹14,000 crore ₹5,000 crore ₹15,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL NIL