The Reserve Bank of India released money market and liquidity data in Press Release 2026-2027/887, published on August 14, 2026. The figures are presented in ₹ crore, with rates shown in per cent, and are based on data from the RBI and the Clearing Corporation of India Limited.
The release covered overnight money market activity, term segment transactions, RBI liquidity operations and the reserve position of scheduled commercial banks. The RBI’s notation treats positive net liquidity as injection and negative net liquidity as absorption.
Overnight money market volume
The total volume in the overnight segment stood at ₹5,81,244.85 crore on a one-leg basis. The weighted average rate for the segment was 5.10 per cent, with the rate range reported between 1.00 per cent and 5.80 per cent.
Triparty repo was the largest part of the overnight segment, with volume of ₹3,89,967.65 crore. Its weighted average rate was 5.09 per cent, and the reported range was 4.95 per cent to 5.80 per cent.
- Call money volume was ₹19,326.43 crore, with a weighted average rate of 5.21 per cent and a range of 4.60 per cent to 5.30 per cent.
- Market repo volume was ₹1,64,806.62 crore, with a weighted average rate of 5.12 per cent and a range of 1.00 per cent to 5.50 per cent.
- Repo in corporate bond recorded volume of ₹7,144.15 crore, with a weighted average rate of 5.29 per cent and a range of 5.27 per cent to 5.40 per cent.
Term segment transactions
In the term segment, notice money transactions totalled ₹302.60 crore. The weighted average rate was 5.11 per cent, with rates ranging from 4.95 per cent to 5.25 per cent. The RBI note describes notice money as uncollateralized transactions of 2 to 14 days tenor.
Term money volume was ₹1,188.00 crore. No weighted average rate was shown for this item, while the rate range was 5.70 per cent to 5.80 per cent. Term money relates to uncollateralized transactions of 15 days to one year tenor.
- Term segment triparty repo volume was ₹2,544.00 crore, with a weighted average rate of 5.19 per cent and a rate range of 5.00 per cent to 5.22 per cent.
- Market repo in the term segment stood at ₹149.52 crore, with a weighted average rate of 5.31 per cent and a range of 5.25 per cent to 5.35 per cent.
- Repo in corporate bond in the term segment recorded no transaction.
RBI liquidity operations
For the day’s operations, the RBI reported a one-day variable-rate reverse repo operation of ₹80,170.00 crore. The auction date was August 13, 2026, and the maturity date was August 14, 2026. The current or cut-off rate was 5.24 per cent.
Under the Marginal Standing Facility, the amount was ₹595.00 crore for the same one-day period, at 5.50 per cent. Under the Standing Deposit Facility, the amount was ₹1,46,133.00 crore, at 5.00 per cent. Net liquidity injected from the day’s operations was reported at minus ₹2,25,708.00 crore, indicating absorption under the RBI’s stated convention.
Outstanding variable-rate reverse repo operations included ₹42,560.00 crore from an August 11, 2026 auction maturing on August 14, 2026, and ₹95,810.00 crore from an August 10, 2026 auction maturing on August 17, 2026. Both were shown at 5.24 per cent.
The Standing Liquidity Facility availed from the RBI stood at ₹9,910.42 crore. Net liquidity injected from outstanding operations was minus ₹1,28,459.58 crore. Combining outstanding and current operations, the RBI reported net liquidity injected at minus ₹3,54,167.58 crore.
Reserve position
Scheduled commercial banks’ cash balances with the RBI were ₹7,89,909.98 crore as on August 13, 2026. The average daily cash reserve requirement for the fortnight ending August 15, 2026 was ₹8,03,001.00 crore.
The Government of India surplus cash balance reckoned for auction was shown as ₹0.00 crore as on August 13, 2026. Net durable liquidity was reported as a surplus of ₹5,36,080.00 crore as on July 15, 2026.
The release was issued by Ajit Prasad, Deputy General Manager in the RBI’s Department of Communications.
Source: Reserve Bank of India Press Releases.