RBI has put the borrowing calendar of GSecs for April-September 2010. The total borrowing is slated to be 287,000 cr. with 11,000 to 15,000 crores borrowed every single week. The current 10 year yield is about 7.74% and with the kind of supply coming up, will it cross 8% again? (It briefly crossed 8% and then went back down)
Note for people who want long term income at 8.5% to 9% buying a longer term government bond direct from the government is probably a great option, better than buying an annuity from any insurance company. (More: Low Annuity Returns in India)
RBI has also noted they’ll be selling treasury bills – securities which are between three months to a year in maturity – of 109,000 cr. The interest on this is obviously lower (order of 4%) and is usually bought by banks and FIs. There’s nothing unusual about this – standard short term operations.
