In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(16) - W&M/2016 dated October 20, 2016 (SGB 2016-17, Series III - Issue date November 17, 2016) on Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, premature redemption of Gold Bond may be permitted after fifth year from the date of issue of such Gold Bond on the date on which interest is payable. Accordingly, the next due date of premature redemption of the above tranche shall be November 17, 2023.

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(22) – B(W&M)/2018 dated October 08, 2018 (SGB 2018-19 Series III - Issue date November 13, 2018) and F.No.4(25) - W&M/2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series VII - Issue date November 13, 2017) on Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, premature redemption of Gold Bond may be permitted after fifth year from the date of issue of such Gold Bond on the date on which interest is payable. Accordingly, the next due date of premature redemption of the above tranches shall be November 13, 2023.

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(8) - W&M/2018 dated April 13, 2018 (SGB 2018-19 Series I - Issue date May 04, 2018) and F.No.4(25) - W&M/2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series VI - Issue date November 06, 2017) on Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, premature redemption of Gold Bond may be permitted after fifth year from the date of issue of such Gold Bond on the date on which interest is payable. Accordingly, the next due date of premature redemption of the above tranches shall be November 04 and November 06, 2023 respectively.

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(8) - W&M/2017 dated April 20, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series I - Issue date May 12, 2017) on Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, premature redemption of Gold Bond may be permitted after fifth year from the date of issue of such Gold Bond on the date on which interest is payable. Accordingly, the next due date of premature redemption of the above tranche shall be November 10, 2023 (November 11 and 12 being non-working Saturday and Sunday respectively).

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(25) - W&M/2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series V - Issue date October 30, 2017) on Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, premature redemption of Gold Bond may be permitted after fifth year from the date of issue of such Gold Bond on the date on which interest is payable. Accordingly, the next due date of premature redemption of the above tranche shall be October 30, 2023.

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(25) - W&M/2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series IV - Issue date October 23, 2017) and F.No. 4(22)-B(W&M)/2018 dated October 08, 2018 (SGB 2018-19 Series II – Issue date October 23, 2018) on Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, premature redemption of Gold Bond may be permitted after fifth year from the date of issue of such Gold Bond on the date on which interest is payable. Accordingly, the next due date of premature redemption of the above tranches shall be October 23, 2023.

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(25) - W&M/2017 dated October 06, 2017 (SGB 2017-18 Series III - Issue date October 16, 2017) on Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, premature redemption of Gold Bond may be permitted after fifth year from the date of issue of such Gold Bond on the date on which interest is payable. Accordingly, the next due date of premature redemption of the above tranche shall be October 16, 2023.

In terms of GOI notifications F.No.4(19) - W&M/2014 dated March 04, 2016 (SGB 2016, Series II - Issue date March 29, 2016) and F.No.4(7) - W&M/2016 dated August 29, 2016 (SGB 2016-17 Series II - Issue date September 30, 2016) on Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme, premature redemption of Gold Bond may be permitted after fifth year from the date of issue of such Gold Bond on the date on which interest is payable. Accordingly, the next due date of premature redemption of the above tranches shall be September 29, 2023 and September 30, 2023, respectively.

2. Further, the redemption price of SGB shall be based on the simple average of closing gold price of 999 purity [published by the India Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd (IBJA)] of the week (Monday-Friday) preceding the date of redemption. Accordingly, the redemption price for the premature redemption due on September 29, 2023 and September 30, 2023 shall be ₹5921/- (Rupees Five Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-one only) per unit of SGB based on the simple average of closing gold price for the week September 18-22, 2023.

Ajit Prasad            
Director (Communications)

Press Release: 2023-2024/977

In terms of GOI Notification F.No.4(16) - W&M/2016 dated February 23, 2017 (SGB 2016-17 Series IV-Issue date March 17, 2017) on Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, premature redemption of Gold Bond may be permitted after fifth year from the date of issue of such Gold Bond on the date on which interest is payable. Accordingly, the next due date of premature redemption of the above tranche shall be September 16, 2023 (September 17, 2023 being Sunday).

2. Further, the redemption price of SGB shall be based on simple average of closing price of gold of 999 purity, of the week (Monday-Friday), preceding the date of redemption, as published by the India Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd (IBJA). Accordingly, the redemption price for premature redemption due on September 16, 2023 (September 17, 2023 being Sunday) shall be ₹5929/- (Rupees Five thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine only) per unit of SGB based on the simple average of closing gold price for the week September 04-08, 2023.

Ajit Prasad            
Director (Communications)

Press Release: 2023-2024/897

In terms of Government of India notification F.No.4(6)-B(W&M)/2023 and Reserve Bank press release dated June 14, 2023, the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2023-24 - Series II will be open for subscription during September 11–15, 2023. The nominal value of the bond based on the simple average of closing price [published by the India Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd (IBJA)] for gold of 999 purity of the last three working days of the week preceding the subscription period, i.e. September 06, September 07, and September 08, 2023 works out to ₹5,923/- (Rupees Five thousand nine hundred and twenty three only) per gram of gold.

Government of India, in consultation with the Reserve Bank, has decided to offer a discount of ₹50/- per gram less than the nominal value to those investors applying online and making the payment against the application through digital mode. For such investors, the issue price of Gold Bond will be ₹5,873/- (Rupees Five thousand eight hundred and seventy three only) per gram of gold.

(Yogesh Dayal)     
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2023-2024/898