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RBI announces OMO purchase of Rs 10,000-cr govt dated securities on 20 March; says all market segments should remain liquid, stable
Fp Staff •The RBI said that it will make the purchase through a multi-security auction using the multiple price method, a statement said.
RBI buys Rs 10,000 cr of long-term securities, sells Rs 2,950 cr of short-term govt bonds in fourth special OMO
•In the fourth special open market operation (OMO) auctions, the Reserve Bank of India on Thursday bought Rs 10,000 crore worth of long-term securities and sold Rs 2,950 crore worth of short-term government bonds
RBI announces special OMO of Rs 10,000 cr on 6 January; may accept or reject offers without explanations
•The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday will carry a special simultaneous open market operation to buy and sell government bonds of Rs 10,000 crore each.
Lenders get into lazy banking as they face slowdown blues, invest greater proportion of deposits in G-secs
Vivek •The idea behind cutting the SLR is that banks will need to invest a lower proportion of their deposits in G-secs and in the process they will have more money to lend.
Govt may cap overseas borrowing at $5 bn this year; FPIs’ ceiling on public debt can be raised to attract more fund flows: DBS
•The note said the large quantum of net annual borrowings at around $75 billion and the need to manage interest payments justified keeping the market insulated from external volatilities in the past.
EPFO has enough surplus to hike interest rate to 8.65% for FY19; hope the Finance Ministry does not put roadblocks
Muralidharan •The EPFO had provided a five-year low rate of interest of 8.55 percent to its subscribers for 2017-18
Finance ministry asks EPFO to reduce annual fund payout of 8.65% amid fears about lending crunch
•EPFO, which is administered by the labour ministry, announced just before the recent April-May general election that it would pay the rate for the last financial year ending 31 March 2019, up from 8.55% in the previous year.
RBI to infuse Rs 12,500 cr into banking system through open market operations on Thursday
•RBI to inject Rs 12,500-cr liquidity via OMOs on Thursday; result of auction to be announced on same day
•OMOs are financial tools to either inject or suck out liquidity from the system
Reserve Bank of India scales up liquidity infusion to Rs 50,000 cr in December
•The Reserve Bank has decided to inject liquidity under OMOs for Rs 50,000 crore in January 2019.