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The value of exports and imports of services during November 2022 is given in the following Table. International Trade in Services (US$ Million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) July – 2022 24,260 (25.3) 14,061 (23.4) August – 2022 26,503 (29.6) 15,223 (28.3) September – 2022 29,224 (35.2) 16,270 (29.3) October – 2022 25,375 (24.6) 13,493 (15.9) November – 2022 27,017 (30.7) 15,366 (21.7) Notes: i) Data for October-November are provisional while those for J

State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, and HDFC Bank continue to be identified as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs), under the same bucketing structure as in the 2021 list of D-SIBs. The additional Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) requirement for D-SIBs was phased-in from April 1, 2016 and became fully effective from April 1, 2019. The additional CET1 requirement will be in addition to the capital conservation buffer. The list of D-SIBs is as follows: Bucket Banks A

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated December 27, 2022, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹8.00 lakh (Rupees Eight Lakh only) on The Baghat Urban Co-operative Bank Limited, Solan, Himachal Pradesh (the bank) for contravention of section 35A and section 36 (1) (a) read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 as the bank failed to comply with specific directions issued to it by RBI under Supervisory Action Framework (SAF). This penalty has been

In the underwriting auctions conducted on December 30, 2022 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 r

(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 568,784.82 6.34 0.01-6.60 I. Call Money 13,374.55 6.36 4.30-6.60 II. Triparty Repo 407,818.35 6.36 6.23-6.60 III. Market Repo 147,441.92 6.29 0.01-6.60 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 150.00 6.48 6.45-6.55 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 120.78 6.25 5.35-6.40 II. Term Money@@ 222.00 - 6.00-6.70 III. Triparty Repo 2,880.00 6.44 6.00-6.51 IV.

The following State Governments have offered to sell stock by way of auction, for an aggregate amount of ₹13,496 Crore (Face Value). Sr. No State Amount to be raised (₹ Crore) Additional Borrowing (Greenshoe) Option (₹ Crore) Tenure (Year) Type of Auction 1 Goa 200 - 15 Yield 2 Haryana 500 - 6 Yield 500 - 8 Yield 500 - 10 Yield 3 Karnataka 2000 - 2 Yield 2000 - 10 Yield 4 Kerala 1603 - 11 Yield 1000 - 30 Yield 5 Nagaland 193 - 10 Yield 6 Tamil Nadu 3000 - 10 Yield 7 W

The Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the State Governments/Union Territories (UTs), announces that the quantum of total market borrowings by the State Governments/UTs for the quarter January – March 2023, is expected to be ₹3,40,841.22 Crore. The weekly schedule of auctions to be held during the quarter along with the name of States/UTs who have confirmed participation and tentative amounts indicated by them is as under: Month Proposed Date Expected quantum

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(25) - W&M/2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series XIV - Issue date January 01, 2018) 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 first due date of premature redemption of the above tranche shall be December 31, 2022 (January 01, 2023 being a Sunday). 2. Further, t

In terms of Para 13 (ii) of Government of India Notification F.No.4(10)- B(W&M)/2020 dated June 26, 2020 on Floating Rate Savings Bonds, 2020 (Taxable)- FRSB 2020 (T), the coupon/interest rate of the bond would be reset half yearly, starting with January 01, 2021 and the coupon/interest rate will be set at a spread of (+) 35 bps over the prevailing National Savings Certificate (NSC) rate. 2. The rate of interest on NSC has been revised to 7.00% for the fourth quar

The Reserve Bank of India’s Medium-term Strategy Framework for the period 2023-2025 – ‘Utkarsh 2.0’ – was launched today by Shri Shaktikanta Das, Governor, RBI. The first strategy framework (Utkarsh 2022) covering the period 2019-2022 was launched in July 2019. It became a medium-term strategy document guiding the Bank’s progress towards realisation of the identified milestones. Utkarsh 2.0 harnesses the strengths of Utkarsh 2022 by retaining the six Vision statements