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(Amount in Crore of ₹)
  SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS
(Including RRBs and SFBs)
ALL SCHEDULED BANKS
14-Feb-20 29-JAN-2021 * 12-FEB-2021 * 14-Feb-20 29-JAN-2021 * 12-FEB-2021 *
I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A)            
  a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 201417.25 197956.79 192457.54 206366.78 202624.98 197168.56 **
  b) Borrowings from banks 72952.52 41913.18 41458.44 73033.53 41913.49 41470.69
  c) Other demand & time liabilities 12559.98 16316.35 17100.19 12712.87 16532.7 17335.97
II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A)            
  a) Deposits (other than from banks) 13226294.97 14797765.55 14781074.13 13629770.03 15216593.77 15196596.43
  i) Demand 1363044.92 1691541.82 1630987.7 1396369.64 1728345.59 1666943.16
  ii) Time 11863250.04 13106223.76 13150086.39 12233400.4 13488248.2 13529653.22
  b) Borrowings @ 309503.74 243063.42 243483.64 313541.78 247394.81 247948.11
  c) Other demand & time liabilities 555398.89 614714.93 608037.17 567891.34 626014.88 619570.3
III BORROWINGS FROM R.B.I. (B) 15446 84597 84619.68 15446 84597 84655.68
  Against usance bills and / or prom. Notes            
IV CASH 78596.86 89470.6 85483.07 80832.71 91572.06 87440.94
V BALANCES WITH R.B.I. (B) 556182.31 476348.99 464803.98 572221.37 490365.92 477465.73
VI ASSETS WITH BANKING SYSTEM            
  a) Balances with other banks            
  i) In current accounts 25859.4 13637.76 14577.33 28437.08 15852.87 16575
  ii) In other accounts 129722.3 126490.55 123883.6 152914.27 158111.04 154940.5
  b) Money at call & short notice 22229.76 10113.21 12308.88 40567.73 32441.83 34812.99
  c) Advances to banks(i.e. due from bks.) 26394.15 17285.72 17943.54 34542.57 19318.63 20570.60 £
  d) Other assets 36264.1 25529.12 24006.29 43912.99 28729.65 27099
VII INVESTMENTS (At book value) 3789556.58 4434633.12 4469577.5 3901787.69 4566910.66 4601824.09
  a) Central & State Govt. securities+ 3781730.19 4432987.29 4468177.57 3887809.9 4558740.55 4593864.02
  b) Other approved securities 7826.39 1645.81 1399.94 13977.79 8170.09 7960.07
VIII BANK CREDIT (Excluding Inter Bank Advance) 10042582.91 10704636.66 10703593.03 10369935.29 11046805.56 11048216.85
  a) Loans, cash credits & Overdrafts $ 9829494.16 10525848.64 10523869.33 10153428.65 10865976.87 10866450.87
  b) Inland Bills purchased 24432.41 23548.88 22751.73 25097.54 23811.64 23019.89
  c) Inland Bills discounted 138192.21 107357.04 110756.79 139832.48 108218.94 111635.49
  d) Foreign Bills purchased 21098.64 17851.52 16002.5 21672.06 18216.85 16356.91
  e) Foreign Bills discounted 29365.49 30030.59 30212.76 29904.56 30581.27 30753.77
NOTE
* Provisional figures incorporated in respect of such banks as have not been able to submit final figures.
(A) Demand and Time Liabilities do not include borrowings of any Scheduled State Co-operative Bank from State Government and any reserve fund deposits maintained with such banks by any co-operative society within the areas of operation of such banks.
** This excludes deposits of Co-operative Banks with Scheduled State Co-operative Banks. These are included under item II (a).
@ Other than from Reserve Bank, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development and Export Import Bank of India.
(B) The figures relating to Scheduled Commercial Banks’ Borrowings in India from Reserve Bank and balances with Reserve Bank are those shown in the statement of affairs of the Reserve Bank. Borrowings against usance bills and/ or promissory notes are under Section 17(4)(c) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Following a change in the accounting practise for LAF transactions with effect from July 11, 2014, as per the recommendations of Malegam Committee formed to review the Format of Balance Sheet and the Profit and Loss Account of the Bank, the transactions in case of Repo/ Term Repo/MSF are reflected under “Borrowings from RBI”.
£ This excludes advances granted by Scheduled State Co-operative Banks to Co-operative banks. These are included under item VIII (a).
+ Includes Treasury Bills, Treasury Deposits, Treasury Savings Certificates and postal obligations.
$ Includes advances granted by Scheduled Commercial Banks and State Co-operative Banks to Public Food Procurement Agencies (viz. Food Corporation of India, State Government and their agencies under the Food consortium).

Food Credit Outstanding as on
(₹ in Crore)
Date 14-Feb-20 29-Jan-21 12-Feb-21
Scheduled Commercial Banks 73324.08 87109.66 75287.31
State Co-operative Banks 29121.08 30400.36 30399.51

The expression ‘Banking System’ or ‘Banks’ means the banks and any other financial institution referred to in sub-clauses (i) to (vi) of clause (d) of the explanation below Section 42(1) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

No. of Scheduled Commercial Banks as on Current Fortnight:133

Ajit Prasad
Director   

Press Release : 2020-2021/1177

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Please refer to the tender notice event No. RBI/Chennai/Estate/336/20-21/ET/487 for the subject published on the Bank’s website www.rbi.org.in on January 29, 2021, inviting “E-tender for Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of 03 nos. of door frame metal detectors for main office building at Reserve Bank of India, Chennai.

In this connection, it is hereby informed that the last date for submission of bids has been extended up to 15.00 Hrs on March 08, 2021. The bids will be opened at 15.30 Hrs on March 08, 2021.

All other terms and conditions mentioned in the tender remain unchanged.

Date: 26.02.2021

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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), vide public document ‘High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action’ dated February 25, 2021, has called on its members and other jurisdictions to refer to the statement on these jurisdictions adopted in February 2020.

FATF had earlier identified the following jurisdictions as having strategic deficiencies which have developed an action plan with the FATF to deal with them. These jurisdictions are: Albania, The Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Cambodia, Ghana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Syria, Uganda, Yemen and Zimbabwe. As per the public statement, Burkina Faso, the Cayman Islands, Morocco, and Senegal have now been added to the list of Jurisdiction under increased Monitoring based on the decision made at the February 2021 FATF plenary. Further, based on the FATF publication dated December 18, 2020 The Bahamas has been removed from the list of Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring. FATF plenary releases documents titled “High-Risk jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action” and “Jurisdictions under increased Monitoring” with respect to jurisdictions that have strategic AML/CFT deficiencies as a part of the ongoing efforts to identify and work with jurisdictions with strategic Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT) deficiencies. Such advice does not preclude the regulated entities from legitimate trade and business transactions with the countries and jurisdictions mentioned there.

The detailed information is available in the updated public statements and document released by FATF on February 25, 2021. The statements and document can be accessed at the following URL:

  1. https://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/fatfgeneral/documents/outcomes-fatf-plenary-february-2021.html

  2. https://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/high-risk-and-other-monitored-jurisdictions/documents/increased-monitoring-february-2021.html

  3. https://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/high-risk-and-other-monitored-jurisdictions/documents/call-for-action-february-2021.html

About FATF

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 by the Ministers of its Member jurisdictions. The objectives of the FATF are to set standards and promote effective implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system. The FATF monitors the progress of its members in implementing necessary measures, reviews money laundering and terrorist financing techniques and counter-measures, and promotes the adoption and implementation of appropriate measures globally. The FATF’s decision making body, the FATF Plenary, meets three times a year and updates these statements, which may be noted.

(Yogesh Dayal)     
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2020-2021/1176

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“Reserve Bank of India, hereby, invites tender for Diesel Generator Set Operator Services for Bank’s office premises. The tender shall be submitted in two covers in accordance with the procedure detailed below. Specified documents shall be sealed in envelopes of appropriate size each of which shall be sealed. The Tender shall be prepared and submitted in two parts, viz, Part I and Part II, separately in sealed envelopes, clearly indicating on the covers, “Part I – Tender for Diesel Generator Set Operator Services – Technical Bid” and “Part II – Tender for Diesel Generator Set Operator Services – Commercial Bid”, respectively.

These two envelopes containing Part-I (Technical Bid) and Part-II (Commercial Bid) should be properly sealed in a third envelope of adequate size. This envelope shall be superscribed as “Tenders for Diesel Generator Set Operator Services for Bank’s office premises” and addressed to The General Manager (O-i-C), Reserve Bank of India, Ranchi and should reach the office not later than 15:00 hours on March 26, 2021.” Tenders submitted through Telegraphic, Fax and E-mail mode will not be accepted. The full name, postal address, e-mail address and telefax/ telephone number of the tenderer shall be written on the bottom left corner of the sealed envelope. Insertions, post scripts, additions and alterations shall not be valid unless confirmed by the tenderers signature. All copies of the tenders should be complete in all respects with all attachments/ enclosures/ annexures.

The technical Bid would be opened first and only those firms, who fulfil the terms and conditions will be eligible for participating in the Commercial Bid. The Technical Bids shall be opened at 16:00 hours on March 26, 2021 at Reserve Bank of India, RRDA Building, 4th floor, Pragati Sadan, Kutchhery Chowk, Ranchi – 834001. The bidders should be present at the time of opening of bids.

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(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent)

  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 in Corporate Bond 0.00
  Auction Date Tenor (Days) Maturity Date Amount Current Rate /
Cut off Rate
C. Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) & Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)
I. Today’s Operations
1. Fixed Rate          
     (i) Repo          
     (ii) Reverse Repo Sun, 28/02/2021 1 Mon, 01/03/2021 6,346.00 3.35
2. Variable Rate&          
  (I) Main Operation          
     (a) Reverse Repo          
  (II) Fine Tuning Operations          
     (a) Repo          
     (b) Reverse Repo
3. MSF Sun, 28/02/2021 1 Mon, 01/03/2021 100.00 4.25
4. Long-Term Repo Operations    
5. Targeted Long Term Repo Operations
6. Targeted Long Term Repo Operations 2.0
7. Net liquidity injected from today’s operations
[injection (+)/absorption (-)]*
      -6,246.00  
II. Outstanding Operations
1. Fixed Rate          
     (i) Repo          
     (ii) Reverse Repo Sat, 27/02/2021 2 Mon, 01/03/2021 9,414.00 3.35
  Fri, 26/02/2021 3 Mon, 01/03/2021 5,09,556.00 3.35
2. Variable Rate&          
  (I) Main Operation          
     (a) Reverse Repo Fri, 26/02/2021 14 Fri, 12/03/2021 2,00,010.00 3.50
  (II) Fine Tuning Operations          
     (a) Repo          
     (b) Reverse Repo          
3. MSF Sat, 27/02/2021 2 Mon, 01/03/2021 4.00 4.25
  Fri, 26/02/2021 3 Mon, 01/03/2021 58.00 4.25
4. Long-Term Repo Operations# Mon, 17/02/2020 1095 Thu, 16/02/2023 499.00 5.15
  Mon, 02/03/2020 1094 Wed, 01/03/2023 253.00 5.15
  Mon, 09/03/2020 1093 Tue, 07/03/2023 484.00 5.15
  Wed, 18/03/2020 1094 Fri, 17/03/2023 294.00 5.15
5. Targeted Long Term Repo Operations^ Fri, 27/03/2020 1092 Fri, 24/03/2023 12,236.00 4.40
  Fri, 03/04/2020 1095 Mon, 03/04/2023 16,925.00 4.40
  Thu, 09/04/2020 1093 Fri, 07/04/2023 18,042.00 4.40
  Fri, 17/04/2020 1091 Thu, 13/04/2023 20,399.00 4.40
6. Targeted Long Term Repo Operations 2.0^ Thu, 23/04/2020 1093 Fri, 21/04/2023 7,950.00 4.40
D. Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF) Availed from RBI$       32,842.06  
E. Net liquidity injected from outstanding operations [injection (+)/absorption (-)]*     -6,08,993.94  
F. Net liquidity injected (outstanding including today’s operations) [injection (+)/absorption (-)]*     -6,15,239.94  
G. Cash Reserves Position of Scheduled Commercial Banks
     (i) Cash balances with RBI as on 28/02/2021 4,46,196.44  
  27/02/2021 4,52,485.03  
     (ii) Average daily cash reserve requirement for the fortnight ending 12/03/2021 4,49,720.00  
H. Government of India Surplus Cash Balance Reckoned for Auction as on¥ 26/02/2021 0.00  
I. Net durable liquidity [surplus (+)/deficit (-)] as on 12/02/2021 8,49,099.00  
@ Based on Reserve Bank of India (RBI) / Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL).
– Not Applicable / No Transaction.
** Relates to uncollateralized transactions of 2 to 14 days tenor.
@@ Relates to uncollateralized transactions of 15 days to one year tenor.
$ Includes refinance facilities extended by RBI.
& As per the Press Release No. 2019-2020/1900 dated February 06, 2020.
* Net liquidity is calculated as Repo+MSF+SLF-Reverse Repo.
# As per the Press Release No. 2020-2021/287 dated September 04, 2020.
^ As per the Press Release No. 2020-2021/605 dated November 06, 2020.
¥ As per the Press Release No. 2014-2015/1971 dated March 19, 2015.
Ajit Prasad
Director   
Press Release : 2020-2021/1175

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The Reserve Bank of India issued Directions under Section 35 A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to Bidar Mahila Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Bidar, Karnataka, vide Directive DCBS.CO.BSD-III.No.D-8/12.23.212/2018-19 dated February 21, 2019, as modified from time to time, last being vide Directive DOR.CO.AID.NO.D-16/12.23.212/2020-21, dated August 25, 2020 in terms of which, the Directions were extended up to February 28, 2021.

2. The Reserve Bank of India is satisfied that in the public interest, it is necessary to extend the period of operation of Directive DCBS.CO.BSD-III.No.D-8/12.23.212/2018-19 dated February 21, 2019 issued to Bidar Mahila Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Bidar, Karnataka as modified from time to time for a further period of six months. Accordingly, the Reserve Bank of India, in exercise of powers vested in it under sub-section (1) of Section 35 A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, hereby directs that the Directive DCBS.CO.BSD-III.No.D-8/12.23.212/2018-19 dated February 21, 2019 issued to Bidar Mahila Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., as modified from time to time, the validity of which was extended up to February 28, 2021, shall continue to apply to the bank for a further period of six months from March 01, 2021 to August 31, 2021, subject to review.

3. Other terms and conditions of the Directives under reference shall remain unchanged.

(Yogesh Dayal)     
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2020-2021/1174

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Reserve Bank of India, Kolkata invites application for empanelment of vendors for supplying Issue Department Stores items.

Intending Firms/Vendors/Suppliers may apply in the prescribed form which can be obtained from the Reserve Bank of India, Issue Department, 4th Floor, 15, N. S. Road, Kolkata – 700001 during office hours. Prescribed application form with terms and conditions can also be downloaded from the Bank’s website www.rbi.org.in i.e ‘Tenders’ section under ‘More Links’. Application form duly filled in with necessary particulars and documents enclosed in a sealed cover superscripted “Application for Empanelment for Supply of Issue Department Stores Items” addressed to The GM-in-Charge (Issue Dept), Reserve Bank of India, 4th Floor, 15, N. S. Road, Kolkata – 700001 may be submitted up to 3.00 p.m. on or before March 19, 2021

The Bank reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the applications without assigning any reasons there for.

Regional Director

Date: 27.02.2021
Place: Kolkata

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(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent)

  Volume
(One Leg)
Weighted
Average Rate
Range
A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 4,12,449.95 3.18 0.01-3.50
     I. Call Money 8,031.93 3.24 1.90-3.50
     II. Triparty Repo 3,16,115.90 3.22 3.00-3.26
     III. Market Repo 88,302.12 3.05 0.01-3.35
     IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 0.00  
B. Term Segment      
     I. Notice Money** 289.50 3.38 2.60-3.50
     II. Term Money@@ 468.25 3.10-3.55
     III. Triparty Repo 100.00 3.20 3.20-3.20
     IV. Market Repo 0.00
     V. Repo in Corporate Bond 95.00 5.40 5.40-5.40
  Auction Date Tenor (Days) Maturity Date Amount Current Rate /
Cut off Rate
C. Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) & Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)
I. Today’s Operations
1. Fixed Rate          
     (i) Repo          
     (ii) Reverse Repo Fri, 26/02/2021 3 Mon, 01/03/2021 5,09,556.00 3.35
2. Variable Rate&          
  (I) Main Operation          
     (a) Reverse Repo Fri, 26/02/2021 14 Fri, 12/03/2021 2,00,010.00 3.50
  (II) Fine Tuning Operations          
     (a) Repo          
     (b) Reverse Repo
3. MSF Fri, 26/02/2021 3 Mon, 01/03/2021 58.00 4.25
4. Long-Term Repo Operations    
5. Targeted Long Term Repo Operations
6. Targeted Long Term Repo Operations 2.0
7. Net liquidity injected from today’s operations
[injection (+)/absorption (-)]*
      -7,09,508.00  
II. Outstanding Operations
1. Fixed Rate          
     (i) Repo          
     (ii) Reverse Repo          
2. Variable Rate&          
  (I) Main Operation          
     (a) Reverse Repo          
  (II) Fine Tuning Operations          
     (a) Repo          
     (b) Reverse Repo          
3. MSF          
4. Long-Term Repo Operations# Mon, 17/02/2020 1095 Thu, 16/02/2023 499.00 5.15
  Mon, 02/03/2020 1094 Wed, 01/03/2023 253.00 5.15
  Mon, 09/03/2020 1093 Tue, 07/03/2023 484.00 5.15
  Wed, 18/03/2020 1094 Fri, 17/03/2023 294.00 5.15
5. Targeted Long Term Repo Operations^ Fri, 27/03/2020 1092 Fri, 24/03/2023 12,236.00 4.40
  Fri, 03/04/2020 1095 Mon, 03/04/2023 16,925.00 4.40
  Thu, 09/04/2020 1093 Fri, 07/04/2023 18,042.00 4.40
  Fri, 17/04/2020 1091 Thu, 13/04/2023 20,399.00 4.40
6. Targeted Long Term Repo Operations 2.0^ Thu, 23/04/2020 1093 Fri, 21/04/2023 7,950.00 4.40
D. Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF) Availed from RBI$       32,842.06  
E. Net liquidity injected from outstanding operations [injection (+)/absorption (-)]*     1,09,924.06  
F. Net liquidity injected (outstanding including today’s operations) [injection (+)/absorption (-)]*     -5,99,583.94  
G. Cash Reserves Position of Scheduled Commercial Banks
     (i) Cash balances with RBI as on 26/02/2021 4,62,156.08  
     (ii) Average daily cash reserve requirement for the fortnight ending 26/02/2021 4,49,962.00  
H. Government of India Surplus Cash Balance Reckoned for Auction as on¥ 26/02/2021 0.00  
I. Net durable liquidity [surplus (+)/deficit (-)] as on 12/02/2021 8,49,099.00  
@ Based on Reserve Bank of India (RBI) / Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL).
– Not Applicable / No Transaction.
** Relates to uncollateralized transactions of 2 to 14 days tenor.
@@ Relates to uncollateralized transactions of 15 days to one year tenor.
$ Includes refinance facilities extended by RBI.
& As per the Press Release No. 2019-2020/1900 dated February 06, 2020.
* Net liquidity is calculated as Repo+MSF+SLF-Reverse Repo.
# As per the Press Release No. 2020-2021/287 dated September 04, 2020.
^ As per the Press Release No. 2020-2021/605 dated November 06, 2020.
¥ As per the Press Release No. 2014-2015/1971 dated March 19, 2015.
Ajit Prasad
Director   
Press Release : 2020-2021/1173

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The Reserve Bank of India today released the February 2021 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes Monetary Policy Statement, 2020-21: Resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) February 3-5, 2021, one Speech, four Articles and Current Statistics.

The four articles are: I. State of the Economy; II. Sectoral Deployment of Bank Credit in India: Recent Developments; III. Assessing the Future Path of Monetary Policy from Overnight Indexed Swap (OIS) Rates; IV. Do Markets Know More? India’s Banking Sector through the Lens of PBR.

I. State of the Economy

Highlights

  • In India, economic activity is gaining steam as COVID-19 incidence recedes and the ongoing vaccine rollout releases pent-up optimism.

  • All engines of aggregate demand are starting to fire; only private investment is missing in action and the time is apposite for it to come alive.

  • Broader measures of liquidity reflect easing of monetary and financial conditions in the system.

II. Sectoral Deployment of Bank Credit in India: Recent Developments

The analysis of sectoral credit data provides insights into the flow of credit to various important sectors of the economy. This article analyses the developments in sectoral deployment of bank credit during the period preceding the COVID-19 pandemic and compares them with developments during the COVID-19 period, i.e., during April-November 2020-21.

Highlights

  • Bank credit growth, which witnessed a slowdown in 2019-20, experienced a further setback in 2020-21 in the wake of COVID-19-induced lockdown but with the gradual resumption of economic activity, credit to agriculture and services sectors has registered accelerated growth in the recent period.

  • Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have been primarily responsible for an accelerated growth in credit to agriculture and services sectors in the recent period.

  • Even in the industrial sector, credit growth to medium industries has accelerated indicating positive impact of several measures taken by the Government and the Reserve Bank.

  • Empirical estimates indicate that non-food credit is sensitive to interest rate changes with a lag, with industry and services sectors exhibiting greater sensitivity.

III. Assessing the Future Path of Monetary Policy from Overnight Indexed Swap (OIS) Rates

The use of the overnight indexed swap (OIS) rate as a measure of monetary policy expectation is gaining popularity in the literature. This article, by adopting the methodology of Lloyd (2018), empirically tests whether onshore OIS trades in India of different tenors (ranging from 1 month to 10 years) for the period from August 03, 1999 to May 31, 2019 are efficient measures of market participants’ expectation of short-term interest rates.

Highlights:

  • The article computes ex post “excess return” as the difference between the OIS fixed rate and the floating overnight reference rate.

  • The excess returns of the OIS trades of tenors of up to one year were low ranging between 2 basis points (bps) and 20 bps indicating that these OIS rates were, on average, a fair indication of the direction of future course of monetary policy.

  • Specifically, the OIS rates of tenors 1, 9 and 12 months appear to more accurately measure the expectations of future short-term interest rates with the excess returns of these tenors, on average, being not significantly different from zero.

  • Based on the findings of the study, the OIS rates in India are found to be credible predictors of the direction of monetary policy, if not the exact timing of policy changes.

IV. Do Markets Know More? India’s Banking Sector through the Lens of PBR

What is an appropriate measure of bank value? This article argues that price-to-book ratio (PBR) of banks may be considered as an alternative measure of bank value to better understand their health and stability in the Indian context.

Highlights:

  • While there are several indicators such as capital adequacy ratios, Z-scores, and profitability, none of them comprehensively capture the viability of the underlying business models of banks. Moreover, such standard indicators often change due to shifts in the regulatory environment without necessarily reflecting a fundamental change in the health of banks.

  • Through credit intermediation, banks generate valuable intangible assets, such as private information on borrowers’ worth and develop long-term banking relationships with them. Since banking business is subject to stringent entry requirements and regulations, incumbent banks have greater access to market profits. These factors contribute to a bank’s franchise value, which can be captured by its price-to-book ratio.

  • The article finds that variations in PBR have linkages with financial and economic cycles. PBR also shares a close correlation with indicators relating to profitability and viability of banks. As it is available on a high-frequency basis, unlike the balance sheet data, PBR of banks promises to be a useful metric for policy purposes.

(Yogesh Dayal)      
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2020-2021/1172

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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.




Department of Communication

Reserve Bank of India


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