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Underwriting Auctions for Government Securities

Underwriting Auctions for Government Securities

January 05, 2011 / 17:12 IST
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The Government of India have announced the sale of “7.49 per cent Government Stock 2017” for a notified amount of ` 4,000 crore (nominal), sale (reissue) of ”7.80 per cent Government Stock 2020”  for a notified amount of ` 4,000 crore (nominal) and “8.26 per cent Government Stock 2027” for a notified amount of ` 3,000 crore (nominal), through auctions to be held on January 7, 2011. The underwriting auctions for the captioned securities will be conducted on January 6, 2011 (Thursday).
As per revised scheme of underwriting, dated November 14, 2007, the amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) for the underwriting auctions, per Primary Dealer, are as under:
(` in crore)                         
Nomenclature of the Security Notified Amount MUC amount per Primary Dealer Minimum bidding commitment per PD under ACU auction
7.49 % GS 2017 4000 100 100
7.80% GS 2020 4000 100 100
8.26% GS 2027 3000 75 75
The underwriting auctions will be conducted using multiple price based auction method. Primary Dealers (PDs) may submit their bids for ACU auctions electronically through Negotiated Dealing System (NDS) between 10.30 AM and 12.30 PM on January 6, 2011 (Thursday).
The underwriting commission will be credited to the current account of the respective PDs at the RBI, Fort, Mumbai   on the date of issue of securities.
  J.D. Desai Assistant Manager
Press Release : 2010-2011/957 
first published: Jan 5, 2011 11:40 am

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