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Date : Apr 26, 2017
Underwriting Auctions for Government Securities for ₹ 15,000 crore on April 27, 2017

The Government of India has announced the sale (issue/re-issue) of Government Stock detailed below through auctions to be held on April 28, 2017.

As per revised scheme of underwriting notified on November 14, 2007, the amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) for the underwriting auctions, applicable to each Primary Dealer (PD), are as under:

(₹ in crore)
Security Notified Amount MUC amount per PD Minimum bidding commitment per PD under ACU auction
6.84% GS 2022 3,000 72 72
6.97% GS 2026 7,000 167 167
7.73% GS 2034 2,000 48 48
7.06% GS 2046 3,000 72 72

The underwriting auctions will be conducted using multiple price based auction method on April 27, 2017 (Thursday). PDs may submit their bids for ACU auctions electronically through Core Banking Solution (E- Kuber) System between 10.30 a.m. and 12.00 noon on the date of underwriting auction.

The underwriting commission will be credited to the current account of the respective PDs with RBI at Fort, Mumbai on the date of issue of securities.

Ajit Prasad
Assistant Adviser

Press Release : 2016-2017/2897


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