RBI to conduct simultaneous purchase, sale of government securities under OMO

03 Jan 2020 Evaluate

On a review of the current liquidity and market situation and an assessment of the evolving financial conditions, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to conduct simultaneous purchase and sale of government securities under Open Market Operations (OMO) for Rs 10,000 crores each. It will conduct this simultaneous purchase and sale on January 06, 2020.

RBI said it reserves the right to decide on the quantum of purchase/sale of individual securities; accept bids/offers for less than the aggregate amount as well as purchase/sell marginally higher than the aggregate amount due to rounding-off effects.

The central bank may also accept or reject any or all the bid/offers either wholly or partially without assigning any reasons. It added that the eligible participants should submit their bids/offers in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber) system on January 06, 2020.

Recently, in the second special open market operation (OMO), the RBI had on December 30 bought Rs 10,000 crore of long-term government securities and sold Rs 8,501 crore of three short-term bonds. Though RBI offered to sell four securities in the auction, it accepted bids for three securities only.


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