RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (COMMERCIAL BANKS - PRUDENTIAL NORMS ON CAPITAL ADEQUACY) SIXTH AMENDMENT DIRECTIONS, 2026

MUMBAI, India, May 18 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following notification: RBI/2026-27/90 DOR.MRG.REC.No.78/21-01-002/2026-27 May 18, 2026 Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks - Prudential Norms on Capital Adequacy) Sixth Amendment Directions, 2026 Please refer to Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks - Prudential Norms on Capital Adequacy) Directions, 2025, dated November 28, 2025. 2. On a review, consequent to the issuance of Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks - Class...


RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RURAL CO-OPERATIVE BANKS - CLASSIFICATION, VALUATION, AND OPERATION OF INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO) AMENDMENT DIRECTIONS, 2026

MUMBAI, India, May 18 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following notification: RBI/2026-27/88 DOR.MRG.REC.No.76/00-00-011/2026-27 May 18, 2026 Reserve Bank of India (Rural Co-operative Banks - Classification, Valuation, and Operation of Investment Portfolio) Amendment Directions, 2026 Please refer to paragraph 115 of Reserve Bank of India (Rural Co-operative Banks - Classification, Valuation, and Operation of Investment Portfolio) Directions, 2025, dated November 28, 2025, on Investment ...


RESULT: CONVERSION/SWITCH AUCTION OF GOVERNMENT OF INDIA SECURITIES

MUMBAI, India, May 18 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: A. Source Security 6.79% GS 2027 6.64% GS 2027 7.06% GS 2028 8.60% GS 2028 B. Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 3,000 3,000 5,000 3,000 Destination Security 6.67% GS 2035 6.64% GS 2035 7.41% GS 2036 6.64% GS 2035 C. i. No. of offers received 21 7 14 30 ii. Total amount of Source Security offered (Face value, in ₹ crore) 5,569.920 3,565.210 5,650.745 7,190.032 iii. No. of offers accepted 5 3 11 18 iv. Total...


MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS AS ON MAY 17, 2026

MUMBAI, India, May 18 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: (Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ -- > 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 i...


MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS AS ON MAY 16, 2026

MUMBAI, India, May 18 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: (Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ -- > Money Markets@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 16,399.63 5.00 4.50-5.20 I. Call Money 1,500.75 4.94 4.70-5.20 II. Triparty Repo 14,679.35 5.01 4.50-5.19 III. Market Repo 219.53 5.03 5.00-5.10 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00 - - B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 0.00 - - II. Term Money@@ 0.00 - - II...


RESULT OF THE 7-DAY VARIABLE RATE REPO (VRR) AUCTION HELD ON MAY 18, 2026

MUMBAI, India, May 18 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: Tenor 7-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,00,000 Total amount of bids received (in ₹ crore) 16,005 Amount allotted (in ₹ crore) 16,005 Cut off Rate (%) 5.26 Weighted Average Rate (%) 5.26 Partial Allotment Percentage of bids received at cut off rate (%) NA Ajit Prasad Deputy General Manager (Communications) Press Release: 2026-2027/274 Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....


MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS AS ON MAY 15, 2026

MUMBAI, India, May 18 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: (Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ -- > Money Markets@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 13,701.83 5.17 4.50-5.54 I. Call Money 1,067.80 4.87 4.60-4.95 II. Triparty Repo 5,864.40 5.25 4.70-5.54 III. Market Repo 475.63 4.74 4.50-4.95 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 6,294.00 5.17 5.15-5.30 B. Term Segment I. Notice Money** 14,148.53 5.24 4.60-5.3...


TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVENTION BY SHRI SANJAY MALHOTRA, GOVERNOR, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA DURING A PANEL DISCUSSION TITLED "MONETARY POLICY IN A TIME OF HEIGHTENED UNCERTAINTY" JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY THE SWISS NATIONAL BANK (SNB) AND THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) ON MAY 12, 2026, AS PART OF THE 12TH HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM

MUMBAI, India, May 18 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following speech: Good morning, Adam and my fellow panellists. 1. First of all, let me quote Alan Greenspan, former Chair of the Federal Reserve who said that "uncertainty is not just an important feature of the monetary policy landscape; it is the defining characteristic of that landscape". In other words, uncertainty is the only certainty in monetary policy. 2. This is so because even in times of low uncertainty and volatility, the e...


RBI APPOINTS SHRI GUNVEER SINGH AS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

MUMBAI, India, May 18 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Shri Gunveer Singh as Executive Director (ED) with effect from May 18, 2026. Prior to his promotion as ED, Shri Singh was serving as Chief General Manager-in-Charge of the Department of Payment and Settlement Systems of the Bank. Shri Singh has an experience of over three decades in the Reserve Bank having worked in the areas of payment and settlement systems, banki...


RBI ISSUES AMENDMENT DIRECTIONS ON 'INVESTMENT FLUCTUATION RESERVE'

MUMBAI, India, May 18 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: Reserve Bank of India had issued the draft Amendment Directions proposing review of the norms on Investment Fluctuation Reserve (IFR) for various bank categories, seeking feedback from stakeholders. The draft Amendment Directions proposed (i) to dispense with the IFR requirement for bank categories maintaining capital charge for market risk and following the revised norms on classification, valuation, and operati...