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Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Returns (BSR)-1: Outstanding Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs)1 - June 20242’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications). 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 reporting3. Data reported by SCBs (excluding Regional Rural Banks) are presented for bank groups, population groups4 and states.

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 8,000 September 04, 2024 (Wednesday) September 05, 2024 (Thursday) 2 182 Days 6,000 3 364 Days 6,000 Total 20,000

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated August 26, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2,10,000/- (Rupees Two Lakh Ten Thousand only) on Cent Bank Home Finance Limited (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of ‘Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016’ issued by RBI. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI conferred under section 52A of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of August 2024 are set out in Tables 1 to 7. Highlights: Lending Rates:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated August 26, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2,68,30,000 (Rupees Two crore sixty eight lakh and thirty thousand only) on UCO Bank (the bank) for contravention of provisions of section 26A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act), and non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Interest Rate on Advances’, ‘Opening of Current Accounts by Banks - Need for Discipline’, ‘Interest Rate on Deposits’ and ‘Frauds classification and reporting by commercial banks and select FIs’.

The value of exports and imports of services during July 2024 is given in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports)

Today, the Reserve Bank released its quarterly house price index (HPI) (base: 2010-11=100) for Q1:2024-25, based on transaction-level data received from the registration authorities in ten major cities . Time series data on all-India and city-wise HPIs are available at the Bank’s database on Indian economy (DBIE) portal (https://cimsdbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/#/dbie/home> Statistics > Real Sector > Prices & Wages).Today, the Reserve Bank released its quarterly house price index (HPI) (base: 2010-11=100) for Q1:2024-25, based on transaction-level data received from the registration authorities in ten major cities . Time series data on all-India and city-wise HPIs are available at the Bank’s database on Indian economy (DBIE) portal (https://cimsdbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/#/dbie/home> Statistics > Real Sector > Prices & Wages).

Today, the Reserve Bank released data on the performance of the private corporate sector during the first quarter of 2024-25 drawn from abridged quarterly financial results of 2,934 listed non-government non-financial companies. These also include comparable data for Q1:2023-24 and Q4:2023-24 to enable study of sequential (q-o-q) and annual change (y-o-y)Today, the Reserve Bank released data on the performance of the private corporate sector during the first quarter of 2024-25 drawn from abridged quarterly                    financial results of 2,934 listed non-government non-financial companies.                These also                 include comparable data for Q1:2023-24 and Q4:2023-24 to enable study of sequential (q-o-q) and annual change (y-o-y)

Reserve Bank of India – Bulletin Weekly Statistical Supplement – Extract 1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Aug. 25 Aug. 16 Aug. 23 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 16470 26767 26802 36 10332 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The Central Government has nominated Shri Nagaraju Maddirala, Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Government of India as a Director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India vice Dr. Vivek Joshi. The nomination of Shri Nagaraju Maddirala is effective from August 30, 2024 and until further orders.

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of July 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. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit registered a growth of 15.1 per cent in July 2024 as compared with 14.7 per cent a year ago.

Auction Results 7.10% GS 2034 7.09% GS 2054 I. Notified Amount ₹20,000 crore ₹10,000 crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹20,000 crore ₹10,000 crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 376 285 (ii) Amount ₹63,819.000 crore ₹30,109.211 crore

7.10% GS 2034 7.09% GS 2054 I. Notified Amount ₹20,000 crore ₹10,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 101.58/6.8711% 100.78/7.0266% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹20,000 crore ₹10,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL

Tenor 7-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,00,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 4,000 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 4,000 Cut off Rate (%) 6.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate NA

In the underwriting auctions conducted on August 30, 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) 533,456.54 6.62 2.00-7.00 I. Call Money 11,870.75 6.66 5.10-7.00 II. Triparty Repo 359,165.55 6.63 6.48-6.80 III. Market Repo 161,382.24 6.60 2.00-7.00 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,038.00 6.70 6.65-6.90

    It has come to the notice of the Reserve Bank of India that unscrupulous elements are using various methods to defraud members of the public by using the name of RBI in some capacity. A brief on various modus operandi employed by such fraudsters is as below

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction on August 30, 2024, Friday, as under:

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH). The September 2024 round of the survey is being launched. The survey aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, based on their individual consumption baskets, across 19 cities, viz., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households on price changes (general prices as well as prices of specific product groups) in the three months ahead as well as in the one year ahead period and quantitative responses on current, three months ahead and one year ahead inflation rates. The results of this survey provide useful inputs for monetary policy.

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS). The September 2024 round of the survey is being launched. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households, regarding their sentiments on general economic situation, employment scenario, price level, households’ income and spending. The survey is conducted regularly in 19 cities, viz., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram. The results of this survey provide useful inputs for monetary policy.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated August 23, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.00 lakh (Rupees Two lakh only) on the Uttarkashi Zila Sahkari Bank Ltd., Uttarkashi (the bank) for contravention of the provisions of section 20(1) and section 26A(2) read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI, conferred under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated August 23, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹8.00 lakh (Rupees Eight lakh Only) on the Mahoba Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh (the bank) for contravention of the provisions of section 26A(2) read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act), non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on ‘Income Recognition, Asset Classification, Provisioning and Other Related Matters – UCBs’ and ‘Exposure Norms and Statutory / Other Restrictions – UCBs’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI, conferred under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated August 23, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹3.00 Lakh (Rupees Three Lakh only) on the U. P. Postal Primary Co-operative Bank Ltd., Lucknow (the bank) for non-compliance with the specific directions issued by RBI under Supervisory Action Framework (SAF). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI, conferred under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act.

Government of India has announced the sale (issue/re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on August 30, 2024. As per the extant scheme of underwriting notified on November 14, 2007, the amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) for the underwriting auction, applicable to each Primary Dealer (PD)

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 548,800.05 6.46 2.00-7.60 I. Call Money 12,698.71 6.56 5.10-6.75 II. Triparty Repo 396,098.90 6.46 6.41-6.58 III. Market Repo 139,122.44 6.43 2.00-6.75 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 880.00 6.65 6.60-7.60

The Reserve Bank had issued the 'Framework for Self-Regulatory Organisation(s) in the FinTech Sector' (Framework) and invited applications for recognition as Self-Regulatory Organisation in the FinTech Sector (SRO-FT). 2. Three applications for recognition as SRO-FT have been received. Each application was examined against the relevant requirements under the framework. 3. It has been decided to recognise the Fintech Association for Consumer Empowerment (FACE) as an SRO-FT.  Of the remaining two applications, one application has been returned with a provision for resubmission after meeting certain requirements. The third application is under examination.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended August 23, 2024.

Auction Results 91 Days 182 Days 364 Days I. Notified Amount ₹8000 Crore ₹6000 Crore ₹6000 Crore II. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 75 85 104 (ii) Amount ₹20488.310 Crore ₹19913.500 Crore ₹27849.500 Crore III. Cut-off price / Yield 98.3729 96.7574 93.7215 (YTM:6.6342%) (YTM:6.7210%) (YTM:6.7175%) IV. Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number 34 33 18 (ii) Amount ₹7956.375 Crore ₹5977.716 Crore ₹5984.626 Crore V. Partial Allotment Percentage of Competitive Bids 15.23% 51.96% 95.35% (1 Bid) (2 Bids) (5 Bids) VI. Weighted Average Price/Yield 98.3757 96.7606 93.7267 (WAY: 6.6226%) (WAY: 6.7141%) (WAY: 6.7116%) VII. Non-Competitive Bids Received   (i)  Number 7 5 3 (ii) Amount ₹7043.625 Crore ₹167.614 Crore ₹1126.964 Crore VIII. Non-Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number 7 5 3 (ii) Amount ₹7043.625 Crore ₹167.614 Crore ₹1126.964 Crore (iii) Partial Allotment Percentage - - - Ajit Prasad Deputy General Manager (Communications)

I. T-Bill 91 days 182 days 364 days II. Total Face Value Notified ₹8,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore III. Cut-off Price and Implicit Yield at Cut-Off Price 98.3729 (YTM:6.6342%) 96.7574 (YTM: 6.7210%) 93.7215 (YTM: 6.7175%) IV. Total Face Value Accepted ₹8,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore ₹6,000 Crore

Tenor 2-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 50,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 9,875 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 9,875 Cut off Rate (%) 6.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate NA

The Reserve Bank of India had issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to Ajantha Urban Co-operative Bank Maryadit, Aurangabad, Maharashtra vide Directive No. NGP.DoS.SSM 3.No.S675/15.03.302/2023-2024 dated August 28, 2023, for a period of six months up to the close of business on February 29, 2024, as modified from time to time, which were last extended up to the close of business on August 29, 2024 vide Directive DOR.MON.D-18/12-22-740/2024-25 dated May 22, 2024.

MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 546,680.37 6.40 1.00-6.70 I. Call Money 9,327.56 6.51 5.10-6.60 II. Triparty Repo 398,924.85 6.40 6.25-6.49 III. Market Repo 137,374.96 6.39 1.00-6.65 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,053.00 6.56 6.55-6.70 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 214.97 6.40 5.95-6.55 II. Term Money@@ 462.00 - 6.70-7.30 III. Triparty Repo 2,735.00 6.52 6.40-6.55 IV. Market Repo 244.94 6.63 6.60-6.75 V. Repo in Corporate Bond 225.00 7.25 7.25-7.25

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated August 22, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.00 lakh (Rupees Two Lakh only) on The Manipur State Co-operative Bank Ltd., Manipur (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 9 of Banking Regulation Act,1949 (BR Act) and non-compliance with the of provisions of Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI, conferred under the provisions of Section 47A (1) (c) read with Sections 46 (4) (i) and 56 of the BR Act, 1949 and Section 25 of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated August 22, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.50 lakh (Rupees One Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on The Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Cuttack (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Know Your Customer (KYC) norms’ and ‘Exposure norms and Statutory / Other Restrictions – UCBs’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI, conferred 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 the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction on August 28, 2024, Wednesday, as under:

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on August 27, 2024 is as under: (Amount in ₹Crore) ANDHRA PRADESH 2036 ANDHRA PRADESH 2041 ANDHRA PRADESH 2046 ASSAM 2039 Notified Amount 1000 1000 1000 1000 Tenure 12 17 22 15 Competitive Bids Received (i) No. 78 42 24 51 (ii) Amount 4375 2680 3390 3335 Cut off Yield (%) 7.24 7.27 7.23 7.26 

Sr. No. State / UT Amount to be raised (₹ Crore) Amount Accepted (₹ Crore) Cut off Yield (%) Tenure (Year) 1. Andhra Pradesh 1000 1000 7.24 12 1000 1000 7.27 17 1000 1000 7.23 22

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 5,52,039.42 6.34 0.01-7.50 I. Call Money 7,491.54 6.52 5.75-6.60 II. Triparty Repo 4,00,961.60 6.32 6.26-6.60 III. Market Repo 1,42,408.28 6.37 0.01-6.60 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,178.00 6.60 6.55-7.50

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated August 14, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.25 lakh (Rupees One lakh twenty five thousand only) on The Valsad Mahila Nagarik Sahakari Bank Ltd., Valsad, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Income Recognition, Asset Classification, Provisioning and Other Related Matters- UCBs’, ‘Membership of Credit Information Companies (CICs) by Co-operative Banks’, ‘Know Your Customer (KYC) norms’ and ‘Maintenance of Deposit Accounts –Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under section 47A (1) (c) read with sections 46 (4) (i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and section 25 of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.

Tenor 4-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 50,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 29,080 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 29,080 Cut off Rate (%) 6.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate NA Ajit Prasad Deputy General Manager (Communications) Press Release: 2024-2025/975

(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 - -

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 - -

On a review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction on August 26, 2024, Monday, as under:  Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 50,000 4 11:30 AM to 12:00 Noon August 30, 2024 (Friday)  2. The operational guidelines for the auction as given in the Reserve Bank’s Press Release 2019-2020/1947 dated February 13, 2020 will remain the same. (Puneet Pancholy) Chief General Manager Press Release: 2024-2025/972

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 543,753.55 6.35 2.00-6.75 I. Call Money 7,616.48 6.53 5.50-6.60 II. Triparty Repo 388,232.70 6.32 6.20-6.42 III. Market Repo 146,866.37 6.41 2.00-6.55 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,038.00 6.63 6.60-6.75

Government of India (GOI) has announced the sale (re-issue) of two dated securities for a notified amount of ₹30,000 crore as per the following details: Sr No Security Date of Repayment Notified Amount (₹ Crore) GoI specific Notification Auction Date Settlement Date 1 7.10% GS 2034 Apr 08, 2034 20,000 F.No.4(3)-B(W&M)/2024 dated August 23, 2024 August 30, 2024 (Friday) September 02, 2024 (Monday) 2 7.09% GS 2054 Aug 05, 2054 10,000 Total 30,000

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 August 24, 2024 vide Directive DOR.MON/D-17/12.22.275/2024-25 dated May 21, 2024.

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹36,250 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State / UT Amount to be raised (₹Crore) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1. Andhra Pradesh 1000 12 Yield 1000 17 Yield 1000 22 Yield 2. Assam 1000 15 Yield 3. Bihar 2000 09 Yield 4. Goa 150 10 Yield

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.

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 8,000 August 28,2024 (Wednesday) August 29,2024 (Thursday) 2 182 Days 6,000 3 364 Days 6,000 Total 20,000

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated August 21, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1,99,50,000/- (Rupees One crore ninety-nine lakh and fifty thousand only) on Innofin Solutions Private Limited (the company) (also referred to as “LenDen Club”) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the ‘Non-Banking Financial Company - Peer to Peer Lending Platform (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2017’ and “Guidelines on Digital Lending” issued by RBI. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of 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.