Reserve Bank of India – Press Releases

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The Government of India announces the conversion/switch of its securities through auction for an aggregate amount of ₹20,000 crore (face value). The security-wise details of the conversion/switch are given as under:

Date of Auction Source Securities Amount (FV) of Source Securities Destination Securities
May 17, 2021 8.08% GS 2022
(Maturing on Aug 02, 2022)
₹2,000 crore 6.76% GS 2061
(maturing on Feb 22, 2061)
6.84% GS 2022
(Maturing on Dec 19, 2022)
₹2,000 crore 6.76% GS 2061
(maturing on Feb 22, 2061)
8.83% GS 2023
(Maturing on Nov 25, 2023)
₹2,000 crore 6.76% GS 2061
(maturing on Feb 22, 2061)
7.68% GS 2023
(Maturing on Dec 15, 2023)
₹2,000 crore 6.76% GS 2061
(maturing on Feb 22, 2061)
5.09% GS 2022
(Maturing on Apr 13, 2022)
₹2,000 crore GoI FRB 2033
(maturing on Sep 22, 2033)
7.32% GS 2024
(Maturing on Jan 28, 2024)
₹2,000 crore GoI FRB 2033
(maturing on Sep 22, 2033)
8.15% GS 2022
(Maturing on Jun 11, 2022)
₹2,000 crore 6.64% GS 2035
(maturing on Jun16, 2035)
8.08% GS 2022
(Maturing on Aug 02, 2022)
₹2,000 crore 6.64% GS 2035
(maturing on Jun16, 2035)
7.37% GS 2023
(Maturing on April 16, 2023)
₹2,000 crore 6.64% GS 2035
(maturing on Jun16, 2035)
8.83% GS 2023
(Maturing on Nov 25, 2023)
₹2,000 crore 6.64% GS 2035
(maturing on Jun16, 2035)
  Total ₹20,000 crore  

The market participants are required to place their bids in e-Kuber giving the amount of the source security and the price of the source and destination security expressed up to two decimal places.

The auction would be a multiple-price based auction, i.e. successful bids will get accepted at their respective quoted prices for the source and destination securities.

Bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution (e-Kuber) system on May 17, 2021 (Monday) between 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM. The result of the auction will be announced on the same day and settlement will take place on May 18, 2021 (Tuesday).

Government of India reserves the right to:

  • Accept offers for less than the notified amount.

  • Purchase marginally higher than the notified amount due to rounding-off effect.

  • Accept or reject any or all the offers either wholly or partially without assigning any reason.

Operational guidelines for switch transactions and other details are given in the Annex.

(Yogesh Dayal)     
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2021-2022/202


Annex

Operational Guidelines for Switch/Conversion Transactions with the Government of India

Switch module on e-kuber

1. The market participants can bid in the switch auction through the Switch Transaction module provided in the e-kuber portal.

Bidding in a switch transaction

2. Bidding in the auction implies that the market participants agree to sell the source security/ies to the Government of India (GoI) and simultaneously agree to buy the destination security from the GoI at their respective quoted prices.

Placing of bids

3. Each bid should specify the following details:

  1. Amount of the source security (Face Value) that the participants are willing to sell.

  2. Price of the source security (expressed up to two decimal places).

  3. Choice of destination security and the price of the destination security (expressed up to two decimal places), at which the participants are willing to buy the destination security.

4. The participants can choose to bid for any/all the destination security/ies, but the aggregate amount of bids for the source security should not exceed their holdings of the source security in face value terms.

Minimum Bid size

5. Minimum bid size would be ₹10,000 and in multiples of ₹10,000 thereafter. The participants are allowed to submit multiple bids. However, the aggregate amount of bids submitted should not exceed the notified amount of source security/basket of source securities in the auction.

Price of source security

6. The price of the source security quoted must be equal to the FBIL closing price of the source security as on the previous working day.

7. Bids for source security not as per the price mentioned above will be rejected.

Price of destination security

8. Bids for the destination security may be placed after taking into account the price of source security as mentioned above.

Method of auction

9. The auction will be a multiple-price based auction, i.e. successful bids will get accepted at their respective quoted prices for the source and destination securities.

Auction decision

10. The auction cut-off will be decided based on the price of the destination security/ies.

11. Successful bidders are those who have placed their bids at or above the cut-off price. All bids lower than the cut-off price will be rejected.

12. There will be provision of pro-rata allotment, should there be more than one successful bid at the cut-off price.

Amount of destination security and dealing in odd amounts during switch auction

13. The switch ratio, which is the ratio of the price of the source security to the price of the destination security, would be rounded off at 8 decimal places.

14. The amount of destination security to be issued for each successful bid will be computed by multiplying the allotted amount (FV) of the source security with the rounded-off switch ratio. The amount of destination security (FV) would be rounded-off to the nearest lower value in multiples of ₹10,000.

15. The odd amount of destination securities (less than ₹10,000) which has been rounded-off, would be notionally allotted and bought back from the bidders at the quoted bid price of the destination security. The net cash consideration to be paid to the bidder for such odd amounts would be the clean price of these securities (as the accrued interest received during notional allotment and paid during notional buyback offset each other).

Fund settlement

16. Though the conversion would be broadly cash neutral, there will be fund settlement for the net accrued interest (accrued interest for the source security FV – accrued interest for the destination security FV) for each bid. Cash consideration (due to rounding-off of face value of destination security) computed for each bid would be added to the net accrued interest. Accordingly, fund settlement will be done for the final amount (Net accrued interest + cash consideration) for each bid.

Note: An illustration for the calculation of cash consideration due to rounding-off of destination security face value is as given below:

Amount of Source Security (FV) ₹10,00,00,000.00
Price of Source Security ₹97.50
Price of Destination Security ₹99.20
Switch Ratio (rounded-off at 8 decimals) 0.98286290
Destination Security FV before rounding off ₹9,82,86,290.00
Destination Security FV re-issued after rounding-off ₹9,82,80,000.00
Odd amount of rounded-off destination security (FV) ₹6290.00
Cash consideration due to rounding off (Clean Price calculated at the quoted price of destination security) ₹6240.00

17. The settlement of the auction would be held on T+1 basis.

Help Desk

18. In case of technical difficulties, Core Banking Operations Team should be contacted (email; Phone no: 022-27595415, 27595666, 27523516). For other auction related difficulties, IDMD auction team can be contacted (email; Phone no: 022-22702431, 22705125).

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Reserve Bank of India – Notifications

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RBI/2021-22/38
A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No. 04

May 12, 2021

To

All Category-I Authorised Dealer Banks

Madam/ Sir

Sponsor Contribution to an AIF set up in Overseas Jurisdiction, including IFSCs

Attention of AD Category – I banks is invited to paragraph A.3.(e) and B.6 of Master Direction No.15 dated January 1, 2016, on “Direct Investment by Residents in Joint Venture (JV) / Wholly Owned Subsidiary (WOS) Abroad”, as amended from time to time and Regulation 7 of the Notification FEMA 120/2004-RB, pertaining to provisions for an Indian Party (IP) making investment/ financial commitment in an entity engaged in the financial services sector.

2. It has been decided that any sponsor contribution from a sponsor IP to an Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) set up in an overseas jurisdiction, including International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs) in India, as per the laws of the host jurisdiction, will be treated as Overseas Direct Investment (ODI). Accordingly, IP, as defined in regulation 2(k) of the Notification ibid. can set up AIF in overseas jurisdictions, including IFSCs, under the automatic route provided it complies with Regulation 7 of the Notification FEMA 120/2004-RB.

3. All the other provisions under the Notification ibid. shall remain unchanged. AD Category – I banks may bring the contents of this circular to the notice of their constituents and customers concerned.

4. The Master Direction No. 15 dated January 01, 2016, is being updated to reflect the changes.

5. The directions contained in this circular have been issued under section 10 (4) and 11(1) of the FEMA and are without prejudice to permissions/approvals, if any, required under any other law.

Yours faithfully

Ajay Kumar Misra
Chief General Manager-in-Charge

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Google Pay users in US can transfer money to India, Singapore

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Google Pay users in the US will now be able to send money to Google Pay users in India and Singapore.

This is due to a new integration with Western Union and Wise, Google Pay had announced in a blog post on May 11.

“By the end of the year, we expect that US Google Pay users will be able to send money to people in more than 200 countries and territories through Western Union and to more than 80 countries through Wise,” it further said.

The announcement comes at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has created more uncertainties with job losses and salary cuts.

“Every year, people around the world send nearly $ 700 billion to friends and relatives in their home countries, which pay for essential expenditures like healthcare, education, bills and more,” Google Pay said.

It also referred to a recent survey by Mastercard that had revealed that 73 per cent of people regularly send money abroad. However, in the last year, 38 per cent of people surveyed reported greater involvement in international payments, it said.

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11 Top 5G Tech Stocks To Invest In India 2021 Which May Become Multibaggers

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1. Tejas Networks:

The company is into manufacturing of telecommunications equipments and has multiple licenses to export its product to various countries. The company has patented its products in 5G equipments.

52-week performance

As a sneak peek into its past year performance, the scrip of Tejas is standing nearly close to its 52 week high of Rs 221.5 from 52 week low of Rs 28.50 thus giving almost 10x returns from its life lows. Axis Securities recommends Tejas as a ‘Buy’ with a target price of Rs 235 in its research report.

2. Tech Mahindra:

2. Tech Mahindra:

The company is in the Information Technology space offering its best expertise and skill-sets with IT enabled solutions to the Telecommunication Sector. The company’s share price is expected to rise with the commercial launch of 5G services in India.

52-week performance:

Covering 52 week performance of this IT Company, 52 week low was Rs 501.5 and 52 week high Rs 1081.25. Various stock brokers recommend to buy this stock such as Axis Securities, HDFC Securities, Nirmal Bang, Sharekhan, Geojit BNP Paribas with Target Price Range to Rs 1100 to 1140.

3.	Indus Towers:

3. Indus Towers:

It is an merged entity between the group companies of Vodafone PLC and Bharti Airtel, formerly known to be Bharti Infratel. With majority holding of Bharti Group & Vodafone and global investors such as Canadian Pension funds this stock is bound to rally and can be next Hindustan Unilever (HUL) in its own sector, where it is in monopoly.

The stock performance has been improving and its 52 week low was Rs 161.3 and 52 week high of Rs 282. The stock has given dividend yields of around 8% with total dividend payout of Rs 20.12 per share. The stock will enter into its growth stage while deploying tower infrastructure for the Telecommunications service providers (TSPs) which will be the main aspect to avail 5G services as the bandwidth requires 10x towers for stronger network without any failure.

4.	Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited (HFCL):

4. Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited (HFCL):

The company has a listed track record of almost 30 years and more. This company provides telecom equipments. The company’s share price is breaking out from previous 20 years low indicating a new higher price range for the company’s share price. The scrip’s 52 week low has been Rs 8.70 while 52 week high is Rs 38.90 The company has outperformed Sensex index by 202% to give almost 4X returns from its 52 week low. The company has recently announced Rs.0.15 dividend on each share.

5.	Bharti Airtel:

5. Bharti Airtel:

It is a blue chip company forming part of Nifty Index holding around 36% of market share in the industry as a telecommunication service provider. The stocks 52 week performance is given as Rs 394 52 week low and Rs 623 52 week high. Axis Direct, Geojit BNP Paribas recommends to buy the stock for a target price of Rs 737. The company is set to rise with multiple tariff hike for our 4G prices. The company has started trials in specific regions for commercial launch of 5G services

6.	Reliance Industries

6. Reliance Industries

Promoter company of Reliance Jio which has become a leader in telecom industry with oil to jio (mirror image) is raising market share and has most tech diversified company for implementation and deployment of smoother 5G services and its related services that is Internet of Things (IoT).

52-week performance

The company’s performance over the last year i.e.52 week low of Rs 1393.65 and 52 week high of Rs 2368.8. The stock is recommended by many brokerage houses such as Prabhudas Lilidhar and Motilal Oswal with a target price of Rs 2330 indicating an upside of almost 20% from current market levels. Reliance Jio has the strongest balance sheet among its peer and will be leader to decide prices for 5G services commercially.

7.	VIL(Vodafone Idea):

7. VIL(Vodafone Idea):

A company with the thirst for capital and investors for its longer term sustenance as a going concern, whose stock price tumbled post merger from Rs 30 to Rs 2 and then has given almost 6X returns is the 3rd largest telecommunication service provider. The company is amongst the group of four telecom service provider for conducting trial of 5G services. The company’s 52 week has been Rs 4.19 while its 52-week high is Rs 13.8. The scrip has outperformed Sensex index by almost 22.5%. The share is lastly recommended by HDFC Securities for a Target Price of Rs 19 .

8.	ITI:

8. ITI:

The company is into telecom equipments providing equipments to BSNL, MTNL and Defence. Now since there had been global territorial and pandemic issues with China the Indian government is promoting ITI for its various domestic telecom equipments’ procurements. The company manufactures 5G enabled devices so as to smoothen the test trial of 5G deployment. The 52 week low for company is Rs 78.8 and Rs 151.6 is its 52 week high. There are no brokerages recommendations for this stock but as a major government company one can invest up to 5-7% of total investment in the 5G Investment Portfolio

9.	Smartlink Holdings:

9. Smartlink Holdings:

It’s a company dealing in manufacturing as well as trading of telecom equipment goods through its subsidiaries Digisol Systems Ltd, Synegra EMS Ltd, Telesmart SCS Ltd. The company has its plants located in Goa. The company manufactures cabling and networking devices helpful in deploying 5G services. The company’s share price performance in last year has been positive with 52 week low of Rs 61.4 and 52 week high of Rs 107.45. The company’s current share price is Rs 90.8. The company is reducing its outstanding shares through tender buyback route continuously since last 4 years. No brokerage house gives buy recommendation for this stock

10.	MTNL :

10. MTNL :

This is a government company providing telecom services in limited circles. MTNL has been granted permission to conduct 5G Trials for deploying these services commercially. Its 52 week low was Rs 6.68 and Rs 24.4 as 52 week high turning out to be a multibagger stock. No brokerage house covers this stock for recommendation.

11.	Sterlite Technologies:

11. Sterlite Technologies:

This company is Anil Agarwal Promoter Group company pioneering to fully 5G ready digital network solutions which help telcos, cloud companies, citizen networks and large enterprises deliver enhanced experiences to their customers. The company provides integrated 5G ready end-to-end solutions ranging from wired to wireless, design to deployment, connectivity to compute through core capabilities in Optical Interconnect, Virtualised Access Solutions, Network Software and System Integration.

The company has a strong global presence with next-gen optical preform, fibre, cable and interconnect subsystem manufacturing facilities in India, Italy, China and Brazil, along with two software-development centers across India and one data Centre design facility in the UK. The company’s stock performance for past year has been Rs 91.45 as 52 week low and Rs 248.75 as 52 week high. Has a Hold rating from ICICI Securities as target price is achieved for the long term investors

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Reserve Bank of India – Press Releases

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The Reserve Bank of India has today released the 36th half-yearly report on management of foreign exchange reserves with reference to end-March 2021.

The position of foreign exchange reserves as on April 30, 2021 is as under:

US $ Billion
Foreign Exchange Reserves (i+ii+iii+iv) 588.0
i. Foreign Currency Assets (FCA) 546.1
ii. Gold 35.5
iii. Special Drawing Rights (SDR) 1.5
iv. Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) 5.0
* Difference, if any, is due to rounding-off.

It may be recalled that in February 2004, the Reserve Bank had started a process of compiling half yearly reports and placing them in the public domain for bringing about more transparency and enhancing the level of disclosure in relation to management of the country’s foreign exchange reserves.

Rupambara
Director   

Press Release: 2021-2022/201

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RBI to purchase seven G-Secs under G-SAP 2nd tranche

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday said it will purchase seven government securities (G-Secs), maturing between 2024 and 2035, aggregating ₹35,000 crore under the second tranche of its G-Sec Acquisition Programme (G-SAP 1.0) on May 20.

The central bank’s purchase of G-Secs under the second tranche will be ₹10,000 crore more vis-a-vis the first tranche of purchase auction, which was conducted on April 15.

Under G-SAP 1.0, RBI has committed upfront to a specific amount (₹1-lakh crore in the first quarter of FY22) of open market purchases of G-Secs to enable a stable and orderly evolution of the yield curve amidst comfortable liquidity conditions.

In a statement on May 5, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das observed that the first auction under G-SAP 1.0 conducted on April 15, 2021 for a notified amount of ₹25,000 crore elicited an enthusiastic response as reflected in the bid-cover ratio of 4.1.

“G-SAP has engendered a softening bias in G-Sec yields which has continued since then. Given this positive response from the market, it has been decided that the second purchase of government securities for an aggregate amount of ₹35,000 crore under G-SAP 1.0 will be conducted on May 20, 2021,” Das then said.

With system liquidity assured, the RBI is now focusing on increasingly channelising its liquidity operations to support growth impulses, especially at the grassroot level, he added.

Meanwhile, the Government has announced the conversion/switch of 10 G-Secs for an aggregate amount of ₹20,000 crore (face value) on May 17, 2021.

Under the conversion/ switch, 10 G-Secs (carrying different coupon rates and maturity dates) maturing in 2022, 2023 and 2024, will be converted into as many destination Securities, maturing in 2033, 2035 and 2061.

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South Indian Bank launches video KYC account opening

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South Indian Bank has rolled out Video KYC Accounting Opening. This digital initiative helps the customer open an account through a video call just with the help of PAN and Aadhaar number of the customer.

Video KYC is a hassle-free mode of account opening which allows the customer to open an account fully online, completing all KYC procedures instantly. KYC documents are verified, and the signature and photograph are captured in the process. Customers can initiate Video KYC Account Opening by visiting https://videokyc.southindianbank.com . The link will be available in the pre-login page of SIB Mirror+ (Bank’s mobile App) and also in the bank’s website.

Video KYC Account Opening is an Artificial Intelligence and Facial Recognition Technology based account opening process. Customers need to enter their Aadhaar number and PAN in the website. Once the Aadhaar authentication is complete, they will have to input personal details and schedule a video call to complete the KYC process. On successful completion of Video KYC, the account will be automatically opened.

“Video KYC Account Opening eases the account opening process in the pandemic situation and will enhance the digital drive of South Indian Bank,” said Murali Ramakrishnan, Managing Director and CEO.

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BANKIT to help rural population register for Covid-19 vaccine

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Fintech start-up BANKIT through its DigiMitra outlets is helping people in rural areas register for the Covid-19 vaccine.

“People who are not digitally equipped or informed can go to the nearest BANKIT outlet and have them registered through the BANKIT app and portal,” it said in a statement on Wednesday, adding that it aims to assist over 22 lakh citizens across the country for Covid-19 vaccine registration from their outlets.

“BANKIT will be including the vaccination link in its app and portal where our correspondents can help those in the country’s hinterlands register them for booking appointments for getting inoculated,” said Amit Nigam, COO and Executive Director, BANKIT.

The company has over 60,000 agent outlets spread across 8,800 pin codes in the country.

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Reserve Bank of India – Annual Report

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April 14, 2015





Dear All




Welcome to the refurbished site of the Reserve Bank of India.





The two most important features of the site are: One, in addition to the default site, the refurbished site also has all the information bifurcated functionwise; two, a much improved search – well, at least we think so but you be the judge.





With this makeover, we also take a small step into social media. We will now use Twitter (albeit one way) to send out alerts on the announcements we make and YouTube to place in public domain our press conferences, interviews of our top management, events, such as, town halls and of course, some films aimed at consumer literacy.




The site can be accessed through most browsers and devices; it also meets accessibility standards.



Please save the url of the refurbished site in your favourites as we will give up the existing site shortly and register or re-register yourselves for receiving RSS feeds for uninterrupted alerts from the Reserve Bank.



Do feel free to give us your feedback by clicking on the feedback button on the right hand corner of the refurbished site.



Thank you for your continued support.




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April 14, 2015





Dear All




Welcome to the refurbished site of the Reserve Bank of India.





The two most important features of the site are: One, in addition to the default site, the refurbished site also has all the information bifurcated functionwise; two, a much improved search – well, at least we think so but you be the judge.





With this makeover, we also take a small step into social media. We will now use Twitter (albeit one way) to send out alerts on the announcements we make and YouTube to place in public domain our press conferences, interviews of our top management, events, such as, town halls and of course, some films aimed at consumer literacy.




The site can be accessed through most browsers and devices; it also meets accessibility standards.



Please save the url of the refurbished site in your favourites as we will give up the existing site shortly and register or re-register yourselves for receiving RSS feeds for uninterrupted alerts from the Reserve Bank.



Do feel free to give us your feedback by clicking on the feedback button on the right hand corner of the refurbished site.



Thank you for your continued support.




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