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The Government of India hereby notifies the sale (issue/ re-issue) of specified Government Securities through auction.

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The Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs), Budget Division, through Notification F. No. 4(1)-B(W&M)/2025, dated July 14, 2025, announced the sale and re-issue of two Government Securities: 'New GS 2030' for 15,000 Crore (5-year tenure, maturing July 21, 2030, with a yield-based coupon) and '7.09% GS 2054' for 12,000 Crore (30-year tenure, originally issued August 5, 2024, maturing August 5, 2054, with a 7.09% coupon). The Government of India retains the option to accept additional subscriptions up to 2,000 Crore for each security. The auction will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai-400 001 on July 18, 2025, with bids submitted electronically via the E-Kuber system between 10:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. for non-competitive bids and 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. for competitive bids. The results will be published on the RBI website on July 18, 2025, with payment and issue/re-issue on July 21, 2025, including accrued interest. Interest will be paid half-yearly, and securities will be repaid at par on maturity. Up to 5% of the notified amount will be allotted to eligible non-competitive bidders as per the enclosed 'Scheme for Non-competitive Bidding Facility in the Auctions of Government of India Dated Securities and Treasury Bills'. This scheme encourages retail investor participation, defining eligible retail investors, aggregators/facilitators (including Scheduled Banks, Primary Dealers, and SEBI-recognized Stock Exchanges), and eligible provident funds under the Provident Funds Act, 1925. Non-competitive bids have a minimum amount of ₹10,000 and a maximum of Rupees Two crore per security per auction for retail investors in GoI dated securities, with specific eligibility criteria for Regional Rural Banks, Cooperative Banks, State Governments, Nepal Rashtra Bank, and Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan. Aggregators/Facilitators can recover up to six paise per 100 as brokerage/commission/service charges.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-14072025-264643 EXTRAORDINARY PART I—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 197] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 14, 2025/ASHADHA 23, 1947 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Economic Affairs) (BUDGET DIVISION) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 14th July, 2025 Auction for Sale (Issue/ Re-issue) of Government Security (GS) F. No. 4(1)-B(W&M)/2025.—Government of India (GoI) hereby notifies sale (issue/ re-issue) of the following Government Securities +---------------------------+------------+------------+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------------------+ | Name of the | Date of | Tenure | Date of | Base | Method | Notified | | Security | Original | (yy-mm- | Maturity | | | Amount | | | Issue | dd) | | | | (in Crore) | +---------------------------+------------+------------+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------------------+ | New GS 2030 | Jul 21, 2025 | 05-00-00 | Jul 21, 2030 | Yield | Multiple | 15,000 | | 7.09% GS 2054 | Aug 05, 2024 | 30-00-00 | Aug 05, 2054 | Price | Multiple | 12,000 | +---------------------------+------------+------------+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------------------+ GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to 2,000 crore against each security mentioned above. The sale will be subject to the terms and conditions spelt out in this notification (called 'Specific Notification'). The Securities will be sold through Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai- 400 001 as per the terms and conditions specified in the General Notification F.No.4(2)-B(W&M)/2018, dated March 26, 2025 issued by Government of India. Allotment to Non-competitive Bidders 2. The Government Security up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale will be allotted to eligible individuals and institutions as per the enclosed Scheme for Non-competitive Bidding Facility in the Auctions of Government Securities (Annex). Place and date of auction 3. The auction will be conducted by Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai-400 001 on July 18, 2025. Bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber) system on July 18, 2025. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between 10:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. and the competitive bids should be submitted between 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. When Issued Trading 4. The Securities will be eligible for "When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India. Date of issue and payment for the security 5. The result of the auction shall be placed by the Reserve Bank of India on its website (www.rbi.org.in) on July 18, 2025. The payment by successful bidders will be on July 21, 2025 i.e. the date of issue/ re-issue. The payment for the securities will include accrued interest on the nominal value of the Securities allotted in the auction from the date of original issue / last coupon payment date to the date upto which accrued interest is due as mentioned in the table in para 6. Payment of Interest and Re-payment of security 6. Interest will accrue on the nominal value of the Securities from the date of original issue / last coupon payment and will be paid half yearly. The Securities will be repaid at par on date of maturity. +---------------------+-------------+-----------------------+--------------------------+------------------------------+ | Name of the | Coupon | Date of Last | Date up to which | Date of Coupon | | Security | rate (%) | Coupon | accrued interest is | Payments (month / | | | | payment | due | date) | +---------------------+-------------+-----------------------+--------------------------+------------------------------+ | New GS 2030 | Yield based*| New Security | New Security | Jan 21 and Jul 21 | | 7.09% GS 2054 | 7.09 | Feb 05, 2025 | Jul 20, 2025 | Aug 05 and Feb 05 | +---------------------+-------------+-----------------------+--------------------------+------------------------------+ *The coupon rate for the security will be set at the cut-off yield to maturity rate decided in the auction. The interest will be payable half-yearly. By Order of the President of India, VYASAN R., Jt. Secy. Annex Scheme for Non-competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government of India Dated Securities and Treasury Bills I. Scope: With a view to encouraging wider participation and retail holding of Government securities, retail investors are allowed participation on “non-competitive” basis in select auctions of dated Government of India (GoI) securities and Treasury Bills. II. Definitions: For the purpose of this scheme, the terms shall bear the meaning assigned to them as under: a. Retail investor is any person, including individuals, firms, companies, corporate bodies, institutions, provident funds, trusts, and any other entity as may be prescribed by RBI. b. 'Aggregator/Facilitator' means a Scheduled Bank or Primary Dealer or Specified Stock Exchange or any other entity approved by RBI, permitted to aggregate the bids received from the investors and submit a single bid in the non-competitive segment of the primary auction. с. 'Specified stock exchange' means SEBI recognized Stock Exchange, which have received No Objection Certificate (NOC) from SEBI to act as aggregator/facilitator in the primary auction segment. d. 'Eligible Provident Funds' are those non-government provident funds governed by the Provident Funds Act, 1925 whose investment pattern is decided by the Government of India. III. Eligibility: a. Participation on a non-competitive basis in the auctions will be open to a retail investor who: 1. Does not maintain current account (CA) or subsidiary General Ledger (SGL) account with the Reserve Bank of India; and 2. Submits the bid indirectly through an Aggregator/Facilitator permitted under the scheme; or 3. Maintains the 'Retail Direct Gilt Account' (RDG Account) with RBI Exceptions: a. Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and Cooperative Banks: i. Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and Cooperative Banks shall be covered under this Scheme only in the auctions of dated securities in view of their statutory obligations. ii. Since these banks maintain SGL account and current account with the Reserve Bank of India, they shall be eligible to submit their non-competitive bids directly. b. State Governments, eligible provident funds and Others: i. State Governments, eligible provident funds in India, the Nepal Rashtra Bank, Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan and any Person or Institution, specified by the Bank, with the approval of Government, shall be covered under this scheme only in the auctions of Treasury Bills. ii. These bids will be outside the notified amount. iii. There will not be any restriction on the maximum amount of bid for these entities. IV. Quantum: Allocation of non-competitive bids from retail investors will be restricted to a maximum of five percent of the aggregate nominal amount of the issue within the notified amount as specified by the Government of India, or any other percentage determined by Reserve Bank of India. V. Amount of Bid: a. The minimum amount for bidding will be ₹10,000 (face value) and therefore in multiples in ₹10,000 as hitherto. b. In the auctions of GoI dated securities, the retail investors can make a single bid for an amount not more than Rupees Two crore (face value) per security per auction. VI. Other Operational Guidelines: a. The retail investor desirous of participating in the auction under the Scheme would be required to maintain a depository account with any of the depositories or a gilt accoun5 under the constituent b. subsidiary general ledger (CSGL) account of Aggregator/Facilitator or 'Retail Direct Gilt Account' (RDG Account) with RBI. с. Under the Scheme, an investor can make only a single bid in an auction. An undertaking to the effect that the investor is making only a single bid will have to obtained and kept on record by the Aggregator/Facilitator. Submission of Bids: d. Each Aggregator/Facilitator on the basis of firm orders received from their constituents with submit a single consolidated non-competitive bid on behalf of all its constituents in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber) system. Except in extraordinary circumstances such as general failure of the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber) system, non-competitive bid in physical form will not be accepted. Allotment of Bids: e. Allotment under the non-competitive segment to the Aggregator/Facilitator will be at the weighted average rate of yield/price that will emerge in the auction on the basis of the competitive bidding. The securities will be issued to the Aggregator/Facilitator against payment on the date of issue irrespective of whether they have received payment from their clients. f. In case the aggregate amount of bid is more than the reserved amount (5% of notified amount), pro rata allotment would be made. In case of partial allotments, it will be the responsibility of the Aggregator/Facilitator to appropriately allocate securities to their clients in a transparent manner. g. In case the aggregate amount of bids is less than the reserved amount, the shortfall will be taken to competitive portion. Issue of Security: h. Security would be issued only in SGL form by RBI. The Aggregator/Facilitator has to clearly indicate at the time of tendering the non-competitive bids the amounts (face value) to be credited to their main SGL or CSGL account. i. Delivery in physical form from the Main SGL account is permissible at the instance of the investor subsequently. j. It will be the responsibility of the Aggregator/Facilitator to pass on the securities to their clients. Except in extraordinary circumstances, the transfer of securities to the client should b completed within five working days from the date of issue. Commission/Brokerage charged to Clients: k. The Aggregator/Facilitator can recover up to six paise per 100 as brokerage /commission/service charges for rendering this service to their clients. Such costs may be built into the sale price or recovered separately from the clients. l. In case, the securities are transferred subsequent to the issue date of the security, the consideration amount payable by the client to the Aggregator/Facilitator will include accrued interest from the date of issue. m. Modalities for obtaining payment from clients towards cost of the securities, accrued interest, wherever applicable, and brokerage/commission/service charges may be worked out by the Aggregator/Facilitator as per agreement with the client. n. It may be noted that no other costs, such as funding costs, should be built into the price or recovered from the client. VII. Reporting Requirements: Aggregators/Facilitators will be required to furnish information relating to operations under the Scheme to the Reserve Bank of India (Bank) as may be called for from time to time within the time frame prescribed by the Bank. VIII. The aforesaid guidelines are subject to review by the Bank and accordingly, if and when considered necessary, the Scheme will be modified. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. KUMER CHAND Digitally signed by KLIMER MEENA

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