Public Holiday Declared – a mark of respect to Bharat Ratna Ku. Lata Mangeshkar

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued two important announcements regarding- With February 7, 2022 being declared a public holiday by the Government of Maharashtra under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 as a mark of respect to Bharat Ratna Ku. Lata Mangeshkar.

1. Meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee – Rescheduled

As announced in the Reserve Bank’s Press Release: 2020-2021/1323 dated March 31, 2021, the last meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) during the financial year 2021-22 was scheduled during February 7-9, 2022.

With February 7, 2022 being declared a public holiday by the Government of Maharashtra under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 as a mark of respect to Bharat Ratna Ku. Lata Mangeshkar, the MPC meeting has been rescheduled to February 8-10, 2022. This announcement is made under Section 45ZI(4) of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934.

2. Public Holiday under Negotiable Instrument Act – No Transactions in G-Secs, Forex and Money Markets on February 7, 2022

Government of Maharashtra has declared February 7, 2022 as a public holiday under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. There will be no transactions and settlements in Government securities (primary and secondary), foreign exchange, money markets and Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives on February 7, 2022. Settlement of all outstanding transactions will accordingly get postponed to the next working day i.e., February 8, 2022.

Transactions under Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) Fixed rate Reverse Repo and MSF operations, for which the second leg settlement date was February 7, 2022 will now mature on the next working day i.e., February 8, 2022. Further, the daily LAF Fixed rate Reverse Repo and MSF windows will be available as usual on February 7, 2022.

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