Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the Government of India, has decided that the limit for Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for the second half of the financial year 2025-26 (October 2025 to March 2026) will be ₹50,000 crore.

Reserve Bank of India may trigger fresh floatation of market loans when the Government of India utilises 75 per cent of the WMA limit.

Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the Government of India, retains the flexibility to revise the WMA limit at any time taking into consideration the prevailing circumstances.

The interest rate on WMA/Overdraft will be as under:

1. WMA: Repo Rate

2. Overdraft: Two percent above the Repo Rate

(Puneet Pancholy)  
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2025-2026/1185