MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release:
The limits for financial accommodation extended by the Reserve Bank of India to the State Governments / Union Territories (UTs) through Special Drawing Facility (SDF), Ways and Means Advances (WMA), and Overdraft (OD) facilities were last reviewed and announced on June 28, 2024.
Consequent on Reserve Bank entering into an agreement with the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) on January 05, 2026, the general banking business of GNCTD shall be carried out by the Reserve Bank with effect from January 09, 2026.
The WMA limit for GNCTD have been fixed at ₹890 crore, effective from January 09, 2026. Accordingly, the revised aggregate WMA limit for State Governments / UTs will be ₹61,008 crore as against the existing limit of ₹60,118 crore. State/UT wise WMA limits are given in Annex.
(Brij Raj)
Chief General Manager
Press Release: 2025-2026/1895
Annex
WMA Limits of State Governments and UTs
(Amount in ₹ crore) Sl. No State/UT WMA Limit 1 Andhra Pradesh 2,921 2 Arunachal Pradesh 373 3 Assam 1,716 4 Bihar 2,731 5 Chhattisgarh 1,434 6 Delhi 890 7 Goa 258 8 Gujarat 3,092 9 Haryana 1,803 10 Himachal Pradesh 777 11 Jammu and Kashmir 1,298 12 Jharkhand 1,225 13 Karnataka 4,010 14 Kerala 2,308 15 Madhya Pradesh 3,450 16 Maharashtra 6,139 17 Manipur 281 18 Meghalaya 267 19 Mizoram 216 20 Nagaland 276 21 Odisha 2,099 22 Puducherry 175 23 Punjab 1,538 24 Rajasthan 3,585 25 Tamil Nadu 4,582 26 Telangana 2,407 27 Tripura 343 28 Uttar Pradesh 6,519 29 Uttarakhand 839 30 West Bengal 3,456 Total (All States/UTs) 61,008
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