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Underwriting Auction for sale of Government Securities for ₹28,000 crore on August 21, 2026

RBI press-release 2026-2027/930 · 19 Aug 2026

The Government of India conducts an underwriting auction for the sale of Government Securities on August 21, 2026. The auction includes 7.06% GS 2041 and 7.43% GS 2076. Primary Dealers must submit bids for the Additional Competitive Underwriting auction through the e-Kuber system. The bidding window opens at 09:00 A.M. and closes at 09:30 A.M. The Reserve Bank of India credits the underwriting commission to the current account of each Primary Dealer on the issue date of the securities.

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Who is affected: Primary Dealers
Required action: Primary Dealers must submit bids for the Additional Competitive Underwriting auction electronically through the e-Kuber system between 09:00 A.M. and 09:30 A.M.
Key dates: Date of underwriting auction — 20 Aug 2026
Thresholds: The Minimum Underwriting Commitment for 7.06% GS 2041 is 405 crore per Primary Dealer.
The Minimum Underwriting Commitment for 7.43% GS 2076 is 262 crore per Primary Dealer.
Consequences: The Reserve Bank of India credits the underwriting commission to the current account of the Primary Dealer on the issue date.

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Source: Reserve Bank of India
Type: press-release
Published by source: 19 Aug 2026
Document number: 2026-2027/930
Issuing division: Department of Communication
Coverage area: banking

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August 20, 2026

Underwriting Auction for sale of Government Securities for ₹28,000 crore on August 21, 2026

Government of India has announced the sale (re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auction to be held on August 21, 2026 (Friday).

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

(₹ crore)

Security	Notified Amount	MUC amount per PD	Minimum bidding commitment per PD under ACU auction
7.06% GS 2041	17,000	405	405
7.43% GS 2076	11,000	262	262

The underwriting auction will be conducted through multiple price-based method on August 21, 2026 (Friday). PDs may submit their bids for ACU auction electronically through Reserve Bank of India’s Core Banking Solution (e-Kuber system) between 09:00 A.M. and 09:30 A.M. on the day of underwriting auction.

The underwriting commission will be credited to the current account of the respective PDs with RBI on the day of issue of securities.

Ajit Prasad
Deputy General Manager
(Communications)

Press Release: 2026-2027/930

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