On a review of the current liquidity and financial conditions, the Reserve Bank has decided to conduct OMO purchase auctions of Government of India securities for an aggregate amount of ₹1,00,000 crore in two tranches of ₹50,000 crore each, to be held on March 09, 2026, and March 13, 2026.

2. Accordingly, the Reserve Bank will purchase the following Government securities through a multi-security auction using the multiple price method on March 09, 2026:

3. The Reserve Bank reserves the right to:

• decide on the quantum of purchase of individual securities.

• accept offers for less than the aggregate amount.

• purchase marginally higher/lower than the aggregate amount due to rounding-off.

• accept or reject any or all the offers either wholly or partially without assigning any reasons.

Eligible participants should submit their offers in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber) system between 9:30 am and 10:30 am on March 09, 2026. Only in the event of system failure, physical offers would be accepted. Such physical offer should be submitted to Financial Markets Operations Department (email, Phone no: 022-22630982) in the prescribed form obtainable from RBI website (https://rbi.org.in/en/web/rbi/forms) before 10:30 am.

The result of the auction will be announced on the same day and successful participants should ensure availability of securities in their SGL account by 12 noon on March 10, 2026.

(Brij Raj)               
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2025-2026/2228