Banking Liquidity

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday absorbed Rs 2.90 lakh crore through two variable rate reverse repo (VRRR) auctions from the banking system amid a huge surplus. In the first auction, the central bank received bids worth Rs 3,17,088 crore for a notified amount of Rs 2.50 lakh crore. However, it accepted only Rs 2,50,025 crore at a cut-off and weighted average rate of 5.24 per cent. The central bank received a tepid response in the second auction with bids worth Rs 40,302 crore for a notified amount of Rs 1 lakh crore, which it accepted fully. The RBI, since last month, has been conducting various VRRR auctions in order to absorb surplus liquidity from the banking system and align the overnight money market rates to the repo rate. Currently, liquidity in the banking system is estimated to be in surplus of around Rs 9.85 lakh crore as on September 15. Apart from VRRR, last week, the central bank announced Open Market Operation (OMO) sales of government securities for a ..

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday absorbed Rs 3,93,352 crore through variable rate reverse repo (VRRR) auction amid huge surplus liquidity in the banking system. The central bank received bids worth Rs 3,93,352 crore, for a notified amount of Rs 5 lakh crore. It accepted all bids at a cut-off and weighted average rate of 5.24 per cent, according to a release. Over the last month, the RBI has been conducting VRRR auctions in order to absorb excess surplus liquidity from the banking system and align the overnight money market rates to the repo rate. The liquidity surplus in the banking system was estimated to be around Rs 10.73 lakh crore on September 11. Apart from VRRR auctions, last week, the central bank announced Open Market Operation (OMO) sales of government securities for a notified amount of Rs 1 lakh crore in three tranches, with the first tranche auction to be held on September 17. The first tranche of Rs 50,000 crore will be held on September 17, and Rs 25,000 c

Banks parked Rs 3.84 trillion against the Rs 10 trillion notified in Monday's VRRR auctions, while the benchmark 10-year government bond yield rose to 6.95 per cent

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday announced the buyback of government securities worth Rs 30,000 crore on September 3. The auction will take place on September 3, between 10:30 AM and 11:30 AM on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber), the RBI said in a notification. The government will buy back securities such as 7.33 per cent GS 2026, 5.74 per cent GS 2026, 8.15 per cent GS 2026, and 8.24 per cent GS 2027, the notification said. The central bank has not notified any amount for the individual securities within the aggregate ceiling of Rs 30,000 crore. Auction for securities will be conducted using multiple price methods, the RBI said. This comes at a time when the liquidity in the banking system is in huge surplus and the central bank has been conducting variable rate reverse repo (VRRR) auctions to remove excess surplus liquidity from the system. The central bank, so far in August, has conducted 21 VRRR auctions to remove excess surplus liquidity from

Central bank will conduct a three-day VRRR auction on Friday to absorb ₹3 trillion from the banking system; surplus liquidity stood at ₹3.75 trillion on Wednesday

Advance tax payments and higher currency leakage pushed banking system liquidity into deficit, prompting the RBI to inject Rs 1.41 trillion through a VRR auction

Surplus liquidity in the banking system narrowed sharply to its lowest level in nearly three months, weighed down by advance tax outflows, despite liquidity support measures undertaken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). According to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data analysed by PTI, surplus liquidity in the banking system dropped sharply to Rs 4,772.21 crore on June 17, from Rs 23,881.21 crore on June 16. The liquidity surplus reported on June 17 was the lowest level since March 22, 2026, when the banking system was in a liquidity deficit of Rs 65,395.64 crore, the RBI data shows. Experts attributed the narrowing of liquidity to outflows on account of advance tax payments. Further, they added that the central bank may conduct more VRR (variable rate repo) auctions in the coming days to support liquidity in the banking system. The tightening liquidity conditions have pushed the weighted average call money rate above the RBI's repo rate of 5.25 per cent. To ease liquidity pressures

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday injected Rs 81,590 crore transient liquidity into the banking system through a three-day variable rate repo (VRR) auction. Transient liquidity is temporary cash flow fluctuations in a financial or banking system, while a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction is a monetary tool used by the RBI to inject short-term liquidity into the banking system. In a release the RBI said the funds were infused at a 5.26 per cent cut-off rate. The demand for funds still remained lower than the notified amount of Rs 1 lakh crore despite the sharp drop in liquidity surplus in the banking system. However, in comparison with the previous auction conducted on May 21, the demand is higher from banks in Friday's auction. Currently, the liquidity in the banking system is estimated to be in surplus of around Rs 58,876.29 crore as on May 21, as compared to Rs 1.51 lakh crore as on May 20. The tightness in the liquidity surplus has led to a sharp uptick in the overnight

Banks bid far below the notified amount at the RBI's short-term repo auction as surplus liquidity reduced the need for additional funds

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday pulled out Rs 2,00,031 crore transient liquidity from the banking system through a seven-day variable rate reverse repo (VRRR) auction. The central bank had received higher bids worth Rs 2,28,098 crore than the notified amount of Rs 2 lakh crore in the auction. The RBI accepted the bid at a 5.24 per cent cut-off rate and 5.23 per cent weighted average rate. Currently, the liquidity in the banking system is estimated to be in surplus of around Rs 4.09 lakh crore. Before this, the central bank had conducted a seven-day VRRR auction on April 10 and pulled out Rs 2,00,041 crore of transient liquidity from the banking system. These funds were reversed today into the banking system. "Going ahead, we will continue to be proactive and pre-emptive in liquidity management and ensure sufficient liquidity in the banking system to meet the productive requirements of the economy," RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said during the April monetary policy.

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The net liquidity in the banking system has remained in deficit mode for four consecutive days. The system liquidity was in a deficit of Rs 2,645 crore on Thursday, the latest data by the RBI showed

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Liquidity jumps on government spending and surplus transfer; RBI gets ₹1.7 tn bids at 7-day VRRR, with cut-off at 5.47%; experts see preference for shorter operations

The Reserve Bank of India will conduct a seven-day variable rate reverse repo (VRRR), for Rs 1 trillion ($11.64 billion) on Friday, its first such operation since November-end

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