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1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Dec. 15 Dec. 6 Dec. 13 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 11131 0 -11131 0 4.2 State Governments 15212 34432 28744 -5688 13532 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The fifty second meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), constituted under Section 45ZB of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, was held during December 4 to 6, 2024.

The 612th meeting of the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India was held today in Guwahati under the Chairmanship of Shri Sanjay Malhotra, Governor.

Auction Results New GS 2029 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹14,000 crore ₹15,000 crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹14,000 crore ₹15,000 crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 148 312 (ii) Amount ₹ 41417.000 Crore ₹ 39200.020 Crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield - 103.62 (YTM:6.75%) (YTM:7.0653%) V. Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number 47 100 (ii) Amount ₹ 13988.940 Crore ₹ 14982.955 Crore VI. Partial Allotment Percentage of Competitive Bids 95.56% 99.73%

New GS 2029 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹14,000 crore ₹15,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 6.75% 103.62/7.0653% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹14,000 crore ₹15,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL

Tenor 7-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,50,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 2,00,795 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 1,50,004 Cut off Rate (%) 6.52 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.57 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 51.59

In the underwriting auction conducted on December 20, 2024, for Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) of the undernoted Government securities, the Reserve Bank of India has set the cut-off rates for underwriting commission payable to Primary Dealers as given below:

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 5,85,390.11 6.57 0.01-6.90 I. Call Money 13,055.23 6.71 5.10-6.85 II. Triparty Repo 4,25,855.40 6.55 6.38-6.88 III. Market Repo 1,44,755.78 6.60 0.01-6.85 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,723.70 6.81 6.80-6.90

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated December 12, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One Lakh only) on Guna Nagarik Sahakari Bank Maryadit, Guna, Madhya Pradesh (the bank), for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Priority Sector Lending (PSL) - Targets and Classification’ and specific direction issued by RBI on making contribution to the Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) Refinance Fund due to shortfall in achievement of PSL. 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 (RBl) has, by an order dated December 12, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One Lakh only) on Shri Vaibhav Lakshmi Mahila Nagrik Sahakari Bank Maryadit, Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (the bank), for non-compliance with the  directions issued by RBI on ‘Priority Sector Lending (PSL) - Targets and Classification’ and specific direction issued by RBI on making contribution to the Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) Refinance Fund due to shortfall in achievement of PSL. 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 (RBl) has, by an order dated December 12, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.10 lakh (Rupees One Lakh Ten Thousand only) on Raj Rajeshwari Mahila Nagrik Sahakari Bank Maryadit, Shajapur (MP) (the bank), for non-compliance with certain direction issued by RBI on ‘Priority Sector Lending (PSL) - Targets and classification’, and specific directions issued by RBI on making contribution to the Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) Refinance Fund due to shortfall in achievement of PSL. 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 (RBl) has, by an order dated December 12, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹4.50 lakh (Rupees Four Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on Indore Paraspar Sahakari Bank Maryadit, Indore (MP) (the bank), for non-comp

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated December 18, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹15.00 lakh (Rupees Fifteen Lakh only) on Bharat Co-operative Bank (Mumbai) Limited (the bank), for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Income Recognition, Asset Classification, Provisioning and Other Related Matters - UCBs’. 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.

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on December 20, 2024, Friday, as under:

Today, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the Report “State Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2024-25”. The theme of this year’s Report is “Fiscal Reforms by States”. It provides a comprehensive assessment of the finances of State governments for 2024-25 against the backdrop of actual and revised/provisional accounts for 2022-23 and 2023-24, respectively.

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period November 25 – November 29, 2024. All Figures are in USD Millions Position Date MERCHANT INTER BANK FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INR FCY / FCY Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Swap Forward Spot Swap Forward Purchase 11-11-2024 2,004 852 596 553 497 434 10,898 9,237 938 5,355 1,061 193 12-11-2024 3,914 827 1,405 754 299 363 22,017 21,971 3,573 7,302 3,449 167

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period November 18 – November 22, 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period November 11 – November 14, 2024. All Figures are in USD Millions Position Date MERCHANT INTER BANK FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INR FCY / FCY Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Swap Forward Spot Swap Forward

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period November 04 – November 08, 2024. All Figures are in USD Millions Position Date MERCHANT INTER BANK FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INR FCY / FCY Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Swap Forward Spot Swap Forward Purchases 04-11-2024 5,442 737 478 650 745 654 11,821 12,081 1,244 5,789 2,719 225 05-11-2024 4,768 1,507 1,020 570 275 399 13,096 13,768 1,673 5,757 2,041 273 06-11-2024 4,108 1,815 2,747 872 1,252 1,174 20,470 15,931 2,719 13,839 2,599 372 07-11-2024 3,822 1,549 746 786 574 526 13,468 17,201 2,218 7,438 3,191 486 08-11-2024 6,084 1,192 608 444 451 589 14,029 16,737 1,320 5,565 2,268 165

Government of India has announced the sale (issue / re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on December 20, 2024 (Friday).