The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had announced the withdrawal of ₹2000 denomination banknotes from circulation vide Press Release 2023-2024/257 dated May 19, 2023. The status of withdrawal of ₹2000 banknotes is periodically published by the RBI. The last press release in this regard was published on November 04, 2024.

On October 17, 2024, the Reserve Bank of India had, in exercise of its powers under Section 45L(1)(b) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, issued Directions to Navi Finserv Limited, Bengaluru (and three other NBFCs), to cease and desist from sanction and disbursal of loans, effective from close of business of October 21, 2024.

In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 45-IA (6) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, the Reserve Bank has cancelled the CoR issued to the following Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC): Name of the NBFC Registered Office Address CoR No. CoR issued on Name of the services provider/mobile app Zavron Finance Private Limited PL. No.125, Sitabuldi, Maharajbaugh Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra – 440012 N-13.02268 August 03,2018 Ajaya Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (RupeeMax), Binenace Information Technology Pvt. Ltd., Microcard India Technology Consulting Service Private Limited, Truthigh Fintech Pvt. Ltd., Jcflash Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (FlashCash), Gradlane Systems Pvt. Ltd., Cash Bull Financial Technology Private Limited (Cash Bull), Onion Credit Private Limited (Cash Mama), TYTO Network Technologies Private Limited (Tytocash), Crazyrupee and Zincash. 

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated November 29, 2024, a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five Lakh only) on The Panchkula Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Haryana (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 26A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act). 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 BR Act.

The Reserve Bank of India hosted the Nineteenth C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture on November 28, 2024 in Mumbai. The lecture was delivered by Dr. P. K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India. The text of his lecture “Transforming Small-holder Agriculture in India in the 21st Century: Challenges and Strategies” is placed at www.rbi.org.in.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated November 29, 2024, a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five Lakh only) on The Patiala Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Patiala, Punjab (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 26A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act). 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 BR Act.

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) 28,925.27 6.46 5.50-6.85 I. Call Money 1,234.05 6.23 5.50-6.85 II. Triparty Repo 27,235.30 6.48 5.50-6.75 III. Market Repo 455.92 5.97 5.50-6.10 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) 15,809.85 6.63 5.50-6.80 I. Call Money 1,229.35 6.26 5.50-6.80 II. Triparty Repo 13,258.80 6.65 6.15-6.80 III. Market Repo 3.00 6.60 6.60-6.60 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,318.70 6.76 6.75-6.80 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 10,163.89 6.75 5.50-6.90 II. Term Money@@ 590.00 - 6.70-7.05 III. Triparty Repo 455,998.70 6.65 6.55-6.85 IV. Market Repo 152,913.61 6.62 6.20-6.85 V. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - -

To mark the 90th year of its service to the nation, Reserve Bank of India, hosted RBI@90 51st All India Inter Institutional Table Tennis Tournament at Chandigarh from November 24-29, 2024. The tournament was organised in collaboration with Table Tennis Federation of India. Tournament was played across 7 formats: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Men’s Team & Women’s Team. In the team championship event, teams from 13 prestigious institutions participated comprising: Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB), Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB), Airports Authority of India (AAI), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Indian Audit & Accounts Department (IA&AD), Canara Bank, BSNL, Defence Accounts Sports Control Board, Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Food Corporation of India (FCI), Air Force and Central Revenue Sports Board. In Individual championship, total 330 individual players having experience of playing at International and National level including Olympians participated

The following State Governments/UT have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹25,837 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No. State/UT Amount to be raised. (₹ Crore) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1. Andhra Pradesh 1237 10 Yield 1500 14 Yield 1500 15 Yield

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 December 04, 2024 (Wednesday) December 05, 2024 (Thursday) 2 182 Days 6,000 3 364 Days 6,000 Total 19,000

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of November 2024 are set out in Tables 1 to 7. Highlights: Lending Rates: • The weighted average lending rate (WALR) on fresh rupee loans of SCBs stood at 9.54 per cent in October 2024 (9.37 per cent in September 2024).

Today, the Reserve Bank released its quarterly house price index (HPI) (base: 2010-11=100) for Q2:2024-25, 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://data.rbi.org.in/DBIE/#/dbie/home> Statistics > Real Sector > Prices & Wages).

The value of exports and imports of services during October 2024 is given in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) July – 2024 30,580 (16.6) 15,903 (15.7) August – 2024 30,340 (5.7) 16,423 (8.8)

Today, the Reserve Bank released data on the performance of the private corporate sector during the second quarter of 2024-25, drawn from abridged quarterly financial results of 2,911 listed non-government non-financial companies. This summary position also includes comparable data for Q2:2023-24 and Q1:2024-25 to enable study of sequential (q-o-q) and annual (y-o-y) change (web-link https://data.rbi.org.in/DBIE/#/dbie/reports/Statistics/Corporate%20Sector/Listed%20Non-Government%20Non-Financial%20Companies ).

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Nov. 24 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 11817 0 -11817 0 4.2 State Governments 16275 28634 22714 -5920 6439 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

Auction Results 7.02% GS 2031 New GOI SGrB 2034 7.34% GS 2064 Notified Amount ₹10,000 crore ₹5,000 crore ₹15,000 crore Underwriting Notified Amount ₹10,000 crore ₹5,000 crore ₹15,000 crore Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 155 73 328 (ii) Amount ₹ 26959.000 Crore ₹ 9630.000 Crore ₹ 45710.000 Crore Cut-off price / Yield 101.03 - 103.47 (YTM:6.8213%) (YTM:6.79%) (YTM:7.0766%) Competitive Bids Accepted (i) Number 51 9 126 

Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month of October 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.

7.02% GS 2031 New GOI SGrB 2034 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹10,000 crore ₹5,000 crore ₹15,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 101.03/6.8213% 6.79% 103.47/7.0766% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹10,000 crore ₹1,502.015 crore ₹15,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL ₹3,497.985 crore NIL