RBI has decided that benchmark securities of 2-year tenor, 3-year tenor, 5-year tenor, 10-year tenor & 14-year tenor and Floating Rate Bonds will be issued using uniform price auction method.
However, for benchmark securities of 30-year and 40-year, auction will continue to be multiple price-based auction.
The Government Security is a tradable instrument.
These are issued by Central Government or State Governments.
It acknowledges Government’s debt obligation.
G-Secs are of two types.
Short Term - They are usually called treasury bills.
They have original maturities of less than one year.
It is issued in three tenors viz., 91-day, 182-day and 364-day.
Long Term - They are usually called Government bonds or dated securities.