RBI to conduct simultaneous purchase, sale of govt securities under OMO for Rs 10,000 crore

08 Sep 2020 Evaluate

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that it will conduct simultaneous purchase and sale of government securities under the Open Market Operation (OMO) for Rs 10,000 crore each on September 10.  The RBI on August 31 had announced that it would conduct special simultaneous purchase and sale of government securities under OMO for an aggregate amount of Rs 20,000 crore in two tranches of Rs 10,000 crore each as part of its measures to foster orderly market conditions.

The first auction is scheduled for September 10, 2020.  It would be selling three securities totalling Rs 10,000 crore and also purchasing equal number of securities of the same amount.  The result of the auctions will be announced on the same day. The second tranche of auction would be conducted on September 17.

Simultaneous purchase and sale of government securities under OMOs, popularly known as Operation Twist, involves purchasing G-Sec of longer maturities and selling equal amount of G-Sec of shorter maturities.

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