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(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 22,475.09 6.66 5.00-6.80 I. Call Money 1,061.10 6.29 5.75-6.70 II. Triparty Repo 19,575.90 6.73 6.25-6.80 III. Market Repo 1,838.09 6.19 5.00-6.75 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - - B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 2.00 6.00 6.00-6.00 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) 7,728.83 6.48 5.75-7.00 I. Call Money 1,164.20 6.22 5.75-6.55 II. Triparty Repo 5,257.05 6.48 6.10-7.00 III. Market Repo 199.58 6.75 6.75-6.75 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,108.00 6.74 6.71-6.80

The rate of interest on Government of India Floating Rate Bond 2033 (GOI FRB 2033) applicable for the half year September 22, 2024 to March 21, 2025 shall be 7.93 percent per annum.

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹34,400 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State Amount to be raised. (₹Crore) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1 Assam 250 7 Yield 2 Bihar 2000 9 Yield 3 Chhattisgarh 1000 6 Yield 4 Goa 150 10 Yield 5 Haryana 1000 12 Yield 6 Karnataka 3000 4 Yield 7 Madhya Pradesh 2500 12 Yield 2500 19 Yield

The Reserve Bank of India has sanctioned the Scheme  of Amalgamation of The Rajapur Sahakari Bank Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra with The  Malad Sahakari Bank Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra. The Scheme has been sanctioned  in exercise of the powers conferred under Sub-Section (4) of Section 44A read  with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. The Scheme will come into  force with effect from September 23, 2024. The branches of The Rajapur Sahakari  Bank Ltd., Mumbai (Maharashtra) will function as branches of The Malad Sahakari  Bank Ltd., Mumbai (Maharashtra) with effect from September 23, 2024.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the September 2024 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes eleven speeches, four articles, and current statistics. The four articles are: I. State of the Economy; II. Synchronisation of Indian States’ Business Cycle; III. Priority Sector Lending: The Indian Experience; IV. Peeling the Layers: A Review of the NBFC Sector in Recent Times.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 08-Sep-2023 23-Aug-2024* 06-Sep-2024* 08-Sep-2023 23-Aug-2024* 06-Sep-2024* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 248727.47 294896.40 297810.00 251106.12 298809.39 302095.57** b) Borrowings from banks 188137.55 126681.45 128865.30 188207.97 126693.70 129153.89 c) Other demand & time liabilities 69409.90 77788.66 23520.31 70117.34 78091.61 23848.47 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposits (other than from banks) 19388696.45 21325126.04 21549984.81 19828360.43 21775041.27 22001736.24 i) Demand 2199179.49 2446039.12 2456817.43 2244723.98 2494144.42 2505222.10

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Sep. 15 Sep. 6 Sep. 13 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 16939 35426 29725 -5701 12786 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Auction Results 7.10% GS 2034 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹20,000 crore ₹11,000 crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹20,000 crore ₹11,000 crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 292 290 (ii) Amount ₹54628.000 crore ₹31931.484 crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield 102.40 105.12 (YTM: 6.7540%) (YTM: 6.9577%) V. Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number 98 82 (ii) Amount ₹19952.155 crore ₹10982.181 crore VI. Partial Allotment Percentage of Competitive Bids 47.87% 79.96% (33 Bids) (12 Bids) VII. Weighted Average Price/Yield 102.42 105.15 (WAY: 6.7512%) (WAY: 6.9555%)

7.10% GS 2034 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹20,000 crore ₹11,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 102.40/6.7540% 105.12/6.9577% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹20,000 crore ₹11,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL

Reserve Bank of India had invited entries under the captioned scheme vide press release dated 29 December 2023. On evaluation of the entries received, it has been decided to award Dr. Bidyanand Choudhary, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Jagannath Nagar College, Dhurwa, Ranchi-4, (Ranchi University), Jharkhand under this scheme for his book “झारखंड की अर्थव्यवस्था ".

Tenor 14-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 25,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 40,526 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 25,002 Cut off Rate (%) 6.52 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.54 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) 20.66

In the underwriting auctions conducted on September 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: (₹ crore) Nomenclature of the Security Notified Amount Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) Amount Additional Competitive Underwriting Amount Accepted Total Amount underwritten ACU Commission Cut-off rate (paise per ₹100) 7.10% GS 2034 20,000 10,017 9,983 20,000 0.04 7.34% GS 2064 11,000 5,502 5,498 11,000 0.05 Auction for the sale of securities will be held on September 20, 2024.

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 560,841.79 6.53 5.10-6.85 I. Call Money 10,599.98 6.65 5.10-6.80 II. Triparty Repo 392,970.40 6.46 6.00-6.65 III. Market Repo 156,313.41 6.68 6.00-6.85 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 958.00 6.80 6.79-6.81

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on September 20, 2024, Friday, as under: Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 25,000 14 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM October 04, 2024 (Friday)

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated September 13, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) on Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Sahakari Bank Limited, Nashik, Maharashtra (the bank), for non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on ‘Loans and advances to directors, relatives, and firms/concerns in which they are interested’. 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.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended September 13, 2024 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended September 06, 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 12, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five Lakh only) on The Urban Co-operative Bank Limited., Anantnag (the bank) for non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on ‘Investments by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks’. 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

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 13, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹3.00 lakh (Rupees Three Lakh only) on Lucknow University Primary Co-operative Bank Ltd., Lucknow (the bank) for non-compliance with the direction issued by RBI on ‘Investments by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks’. 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.

Government of India has announced the sale (re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on September 20, 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), are as under: (₹ crore) Security Notified Amount Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) amount per PD Minimum bidding commitment per PD under ACU auction 7.10% GS 2034 20,000 477 477 7.34% GS 2064 11,000 262 262

(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) 5,22,585.42 6.63 5.10-7.05 I. Call Money 10,794.41 6.65 5.10-6.95 II. Triparty Repo 3,57,241.00 6.60 6.30-7.05 III. Market Repo 1,53,777.01 6.70 6.00-7.00 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 773.00 6.81 6.80-6.85

Government of India announces the conversion/switch of its securities through auction for an aggregate amount of ₹30,000 crore (face value). The security-wise details of the conversion/switch are given as under:

The result of the auction of State Government Securities held on September 17, 2024 is as under:

Sr. No. State Amount to be raised (₹Crore) Amount Accepted (₹Crore) Cut off Yield (%) Tenure (Year) 1 Assam 500 500 7.13 10 2 Bihar 2000 2000 7.11 9 3 Chhattisgarh 1000 1000 7.00 5 4 Haryana 1000 1000 7.13 12 5 Kerala 1500 1500 7.14 23 6 Maharashtra 1500 1500 7.10 9 1500 1500 7.12 12 1500 1500 7.13 13 1500 1500 7.13 19 7 Tamil Nadu 1000 1000 7.10 10 8 Telangana 500 500 7.13 12 Total 13500 13500

Tenor 3-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,00,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 82,630 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 82,630 Cut off Rate (%) 6.51 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.55 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids 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) 72,435.82 6.63 5.50-6.95 I. Call Money 128.40 6.03 5.50-6.25 II. Triparty Repo 69,855.70 6.63 6.00-6.75 III. Market Repo 2,451.72 6.45 5.50-6.95 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - -

In terms of GOI Notification F. No. 4(7) – B (W&M) /2019 dated May 30, 2019 (SGB 2019-20 Series IV - Issue date September 17, 2019) 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 due date of premature redemption of the above tranche shall be September 17, 2024.

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 July 2024.

(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) 519,571.32 6.47 5.10-6.85 I. Call Money 10,654.05 6.62 5.10-6.75 II. Triparty Repo 355,928.90 6.43 6.27-6.80 III. Market Repo 152,185.37 6.55 5.50-6.85 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 803.00 6.62 6.60-6.65 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 89.00 6.46 6.20-6.65 II. Term Money@@ 246.50 - 6.95-7.25 III. Triparty Repo 3,814.40 6.60 6.45-6.65 IV. Market Repo 951.40 6.69 6.69-6.70 V. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - -

The Government of Maharashtra has declared September 18, 2024 as a public holiday under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The public holiday on September 16, 2024 declared earlier has been cancelled. Accordingly, there will be no transactions and settlements in Government securities, foreign exchange, money markets and rupee interest rate derivatives on September 18, 2024. Settlement of all outstanding transactions due on September 18, 2024 (Wednesday) will get postponed to the next working day, i.e., September 19, 2024 (Thursday).

In terms of GOI Notification F. No. 4(16) – (W&M) /2016 dated February 23, 2017 (SGB 2016-17 Series IV - Issue date March 17, 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 September 17, 2024. 

Government of India (GOI) has announced the sale (re-issue) of two dated securities for a notified amount of ₹31,000 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 September 13, 2024 September 20, 2024 (Friday) September 23, 2024 (Monday) 2 7.34% GS 2064 Apr 22, 2064 11,000 Total 31,000

The Reserve Bank of India, vide directive CO.DOS.SED. No. S1918/12-22-283/2023-2024 dated June 13, 2023, had placed Sawantwadi Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Sawantwadi under Directions for a period of six months from the close of business on June 14, 2023. The validity of the directions was extended from time-to-time, the last being up to September 14, 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 4, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹23,10,000/- (Rupees Twenty three lakh ten thousand only) on SMFG India Credit Company Limited (formerly known as Fullerton lndia Credit Company Limited) (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the ‘Master Direction - Information Technology Framework for the NBFC Sector’ and certain directions relating to cyber security measures 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 58 G read with clause (aa) of sub-section (5) of Section 58 B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 11, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹7,90,000/- (Rupees Seven lakh ninety thousand only) on Muthoot Vehicle & Asset Finance Limited (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of RBI directions on ‘Liquidity Risk Management Framework for Non-Banking Financial Companies and Core Investment Companies’ and ‘Non-Banking Financial Company - Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company and Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016’. 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 and clause (iii) of sub-section (1) of Section 25 read with sub-section (4) of Section 23 of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 3, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹10,40,000/- (Rupees Ten lakh forty thousand only) on Hewlett Packard Financial Services (India) Private Limited (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the ‘Reserve Bank of India [Know Your Customer (KYC)] Directions, 2016’, ‘Non-Banking Financial Company - Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company and Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016’ and ‘Master Direction - Information Technology Framework for the NBFC Sector’ 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 58 G read with clause (aa) of sub-section (5) of section 58 B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

The Reserve Bank of India, vide directive CO.DOS.SED.No.S1917/12.22.212/2023-24 dated June 13, 2023, had placed The Rajapur Sahakari Bank Ltd, Mumbai under Directions for a period of six months from the close of business on June 14, 2023 till close of business on December 14, 2023. The validity of the directions was extended from time-to-time, the last being up to September 14, 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to The Vaishali Shahari Vikas Co-operative Bank Ltd., Hajipur, Dist. Vaishali vide Directive No. DoS(Patna).Co-op.Bk./No.S50/04.01.009/2023-24 dated June 13, 2023, for a period of six months up to close of business on December 14, 2023, as modified from time to time, which were last extended up to close of business on September 14, 2024 vide Directive DOR.MON/D-25/12.28.207/2024-25 dated June 06, 2024.

On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction on September 17, 2024, Tuesday, as under:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 2, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹31,80,000 (Rupees Thirty one lakh eighty thousand only) on BNP Paribas (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Interest Rate on Advances’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with Sections 46 (4) (i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949

Today, the Reserve Bank released its annual publication “Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy, 2023-24” (HBS). The publication, 26th in the series, provides detailed time-series data on the Indian economy

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Sep. 8 Aug. 30 Sep. 6 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 24915 13381 35426 22045 10511 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period August 26 – August 30, 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 26-08-2024 4,661 1,669 995 410 484 308 16,076 15,477 1,917 8,023 3,497 220 27-08-2024 6,175 1,832 1,735 539 659 549 15,316 14,790 1,111 9,668 4,005 543 28-08-2024 6,486 3,563 1,457 851 803 905 15,422 15,340 1,459 9,913 5,340 491

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period August 19 – August 23, 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 19-08-2024 4,094 1,889 1,051 524 434 379 13,958 12,338 1,997 8,721 2,618 194 20-08-2024 4,426 1,551 1,365 490 299 1,394 20,519 14,189 2,181 9,502 2,222 545

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period August 12 – August 16, 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 August 05 – August 09, 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period July 29 – August 02, 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 29-07-2024 5,929 2,688 1,944 877 901 883 18,457 15,132 1,638 10,211 4,302 418 30-07-2024 4,907 1,553 815 728 627 701 13,380 13,277 889 10,248 3,565 301