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After a year, RBI rejects all bids on sovereign green bonds at weekly bond auction

The last time the RBI rejected bids on the sovereign green bonds was on May 31, 2024, as per central bank’s database.

June 13, 2025 / 16:06 IST
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After a gap of almost one year, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on June 13 rejected all bids on the sovereign green bonds at weekly bond auction as rising yields force investors to seek higher cut-off yield.

The last time the RBI rejected bids on the sovereign green bonds was on May 31, 2024, as per central bank’s database. Sovereign green bonds are government bonds specifically aimed at financing environmentally sustainable projects.

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Money market experts said that government aims to issue green bonds at a lower coupon while investors, facing rising bond yields have sought higher return, this mismatch between demand and supply ultimately led to the cancellation of the Sovereign green bond auction.

During the auction, the central bank received 90 competitive bids for 6.98% GOI SGrB 2054 worth Rs 10,943.5 crore, and 3 non-competitive bids worth Rs 1.238 crore. These binds have come against the notified amount of Rs 5,000 crore.