To enable institutional and retail investors plan their investments efficiently and provide transparency and stability to the Government securities market, an indicative calendar for issuance of Government dated securities for the second half of the fiscal year 2019-20 (October 01, 2019 to March 31, 2020) has been prepared in consultation with the Government of India. The issuance calendar is as under:
| Calendar for Issuance of Government of India Dated Securities |
| (October 01, 2019 to March 31, 2020) |
| S. No. | Week of Auction | Amount
(₹ Crore) | Security-wise allocation |
| 1 | October 01-04, 2019 | 16,000 | i) 1-4 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| ii) 5-9 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iii) 10-14 Years for ₹7000 crore |
| iv) 15-24 Years for ₹1000 crore |
| v) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 2 | October 07-11, 2019 | 16,000 | i) 5-9 Years for ₹4000 crore |
| ii) 10-14 Years for ₹6000 crore |
| iii) 15-24 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iv) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 3 | October 14-18, 2019 | 16,000 | i) 1-4 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| ii) 5-9 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iii) 10-14 Years for ₹7000 crore |
| iv) 15-24 Years for ₹1000 crore |
| v) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 4 | October 28- November 01, 2019 | 16,000 | i) 5-9 Years for ₹4000 crore |
| ii) 10-14 Years for ₹6000 crore |
| iii) 15-24 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iv) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 5 | November 04-08, 2019 | 16,000 | i) 1-4 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| ii) 5-9 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iii) 10-14 Years for ₹7000 crore |
| iv) 15-24 Years for ₹1000 crore |
| v) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 6 | November 11-15, 2019 | 16,000 | i) 5-9 Years for ₹4000 crore |
| ii) 10-14 Years for ₹6000 crore |
| iii) 15-24 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iv) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 7 | November 18-22, 2019 | 16,000 | i) 1-4 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| ii) 5-9 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iii) 10-14 Years for ₹7000 crore |
| iv) 15-24 Years for ₹1000 crore |
| v) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 8 | November 25-29, 2019 | 16,000 | i) 5-9 Years for ₹4000 crore |
| ii) 10-14 Years for ₹6000 crore |
| iii) 15-24 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iv) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 9 | December 02-06, 2019 | 16,000 | i) 1-4 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| ii) 5-9 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iii) 10-14 Years for ₹7000 crore |
| iv) 15-24 Years for ₹1000 crore |
| v) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 10 | December 09-13, 2019 | 16,000 | i) 5-9 Years for ₹4000 crore |
| ii) 10-14 Years for ₹6000 crore |
| iii) 15-24 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iv) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 11 | December 16-20, 2019 | 16,000 | i) 1-4 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| ii) 5-9 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iii) 10-14 Years for ₹7000 crore |
| iv) 15-24 Years for ₹1000 crore |
| v) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 12 | December 23-27, 2019 | 16,000 | i) 5-9 Years for ₹4000 crore |
| ii) 10-14 Years for ₹6000 crore |
| iii) 15-24 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iv) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 13 | December 30, 2019-January 03, 2020 | 16,000 | i) 1-4 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| ii) 5-9 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iii) 10-14 Years for ₹7000 crore |
| iv) 15-24 Years for ₹1000 crore |
| v) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 14 | January 06-10, 2020 | 16,000 | i) 5-9 Years for ₹4000 crore |
| ii) 10-14 Years for ₹6000 crore |
| iii) 15-24 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iv) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 15 | January 13-17, 2020 | 16,000 | i) 1-4 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| ii) 5-9 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iii) 10-14 Years for ₹7000 crore |
| iv) 15-24 Years for ₹1000 crore |
| v) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 16 | January 20-24, 2020 | 14,000 | i) 5-9 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| ii) 10-14 Years for ₹6000 crore |
| iii) 15-24 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iv) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| 17 | January 27- 31, 2020 | 14,000 | i) 1-4 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| ii) 5-9 Years for ₹2000 crore |
| iii) 10-14 Years for ₹5000 crore |
| iv) 15-24 Years for ₹1000 crore |
| v) 25 Years & Above for ₹4000 crore |
| Total | 2,68,000 | |
As hitherto, all the auctions covered by the calendar will have the facility of non-competitive bidding scheme under which five per cent of the notified amount will be reserved for the specified retail investors.
Like in the past, the Government of India/ Reserve Bank will continue to have the flexibility to issue to bring about modifications in the above calendar in terms of notified amount, issuance period, maturities, etc. and to issue different types of instruments including instruments having non-standard maturity and floating rate instruments (FRBs), including CPI linked inflation linked bonds, depending upon the requirement of the Government of India, evolving market conditions and other relevant factors after giving due notice to the market. The calendar is subject to change, if circumstances so warrant, including for reasons such as intervening holidays. Such changes shall be communicated through Press releases.
The Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the Government of India, reserves the right to exercise the green-shoe to retain additional subscription up to ₹1000 crore each against any one or more of the above security, which will be indicated in the auction notification. However, the exercise of the green-shoe option within one or more securities in an auction shall be within the overall notified amount for the auction.
RBI will also be conducting Switches of securities through auction on every third Monday of the month.