MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS AS ON MARCH 26, 2026

MUMBAI, India, March 27 -- 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...


WMA LIMIT FOR GOVERNMENT OF INDIA FOR APRIL - SEPTEMBER 2026

MUMBAI, India, March 27 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the Government of India, has decided that the limit for Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for the first half of the financial year 2026-27 (April to September 2026) will be ₹2,50,000 crore. Reserve Bank of India may trigger fresh floatation of market loans when the Government of India utilises 75 per cent of the WMA limit. Reserve Bank of India, in consultation wi...


CALENDAR FOR AUCTION OF GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TREASURY BILLS

MUMBAI, India, March 27 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: (For the Quarter ending June 2026) Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the Government of India, hereby, notifies the calendar for issuance of Treasury Bills for the quarter ending June 2026 as under: Notified Amount for Auction of Treasury Bills (April - June, 2026) (₹ crore) Date of Auction Date of Issue 91 Days 182 Days 364 Days Total April 08, 2026 April 09, 2026 12,000 6,000 6,000 24,000 Ap...


ISSUANCE CALENDAR FOR MARKETABLE DATED SECURITIES FOR APRIL - SEPTEMBER 2026

MUMBAI, India, March 27 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: In order to enable institutional and retail investors to plan their investments efficiently and to provide transparency and stability to the Government Securities Market, the Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the Government of India, hereby, releases the indicative calendar for issuance of Government dated securities, including Sovereign Green Bonds (SGrBs), for the first half of the fiscal year 2026-...


PAYMENTS VISION 2028

MUMBAI, India, March 27 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been periodically preparing Payments Vision since 2001. This includes providing strategic direction for structured development of the payment and settlement systems in India. The previous such document covered the period up to 2025. 2. RBI has today released 'Payments Vision 2028' for the duration up to December 2028. It has been prepared after considering inputs from various st...


RBI IMPOSES MONETARY PENALTY ON UNION BANK OF INDIA

MUMBAI, India, March 27 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated March 23, 2026, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹95.40 lakh (Rupees Ninety Five Lakh Forty Thousand only) on Union Bank of India (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on 'Limiting Liability of Customers in Unauthorised Electronic Banking Transactions', and 'Automation of Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisio...


RBI IMPOSES MONETARY PENALTY ON BANK OF INDIA

MUMBAI, India, March 27 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated March 23, 2026, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹58.50 lakh (Rupees Fifty Eight Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on Bank of India (the bank) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the directions issued by RBI on 'Priority Sector Lending (PSL) - Targets and Classification' and 'Interest Rate on Deposits'. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powe...


RBI IMPOSES MONETARY PENALTY ON CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA

MUMBAI, India, March 27 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated March 23, 2026, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹63.60 lakh (Rupees Sixty Three Lakh Sixty Thousand only) on Central Bank of India (the bank) for non-compliance with certain provisions of directions issued by RBI on 'Know Your Customer (KYC)' and 'Financial lnclusion - Access to Banking Services - Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA)'. This penalt...


RBI RELEASES MASTER DIRECTION ON UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS IN FINANCIAL MARKETS

MUMBAI, India, March 27 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) and Unique Transaction Identifier (UTI) are key data elements identified globally for reporting of OTC derivative transactions. While LEI uniquely identifies the counterparties to a transaction, UTI serves as a single unique reference number for the transaction. Over the years, the Reserve Bank has issued instructions mandating reporting of LEI for transactions in the financial m...


NOP-INR POSITION OF AUTHORISED DEALERS

NEW DELHI, March 27 -- The Government of India issued the following FEMA circular: RBI/2025-26/252 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 24 March 27, 2026 To, All Authorised Persons Madam/Sir, NOP-INR position of Authorised Dealers Attention of Authorised Dealers is invited to the Master Direction - Risk Management and Inter-Bank Dealings dated July 05, 2016, as amended from time to time. In terms of paragraph A (ii) (a) of Annex I of the Master Direction, the Reserve Bank may prescribe limits ...