What is CSGL Account?
CSGL accounts are a demat form of holding government securities with the RBI, just as an investor can hold shares in demat form with a depository participant. Government Securities are largely issued as Stocks and held in demat form to the credit of the holder in the Subsidiary General Ledger account (SGL) maintained in the books of RBI. When these securities are held by the investor through an agent like PD or Bank the agent holds another SGL account with…
GSecs for Retail Investors
Retailing the G-Secs means taking the G-Secs market to retail investors. Today, the G-Secs market in the country is predominantly inhabited by wholesale players like Banks, Financial Institutions, Primary Dealers, FIIs, Mutual Funds, Insurance Companies, Brokers, Pension Funds, etc. For vibrant G-Secs market, it is necessary to attract retail investors so that they can participate in the market that will bring them a reasonable return with no credit risk. Recently, with the introduction of Government Securities Act, 2006 and the Government…
Primary Dealers for Government Securities in India
The system of Primary Dealers (PDs) in the Government Securities Market was introduced by Reserve Bank of India in 1995 to strengthen the market infrastructure of Government Securities and put in place an improved, efficient secondary market trading system. This was to encourage holding of Government Securities on large scale and make the market more vibrant and liquid. In 2006-07, RBI gave Banks the option to undertake Primary Dealership business departmentally. DFHI was set up by RBI along with public…
GSec Rates
The Government of India Securities (G-Secs) are sovereign securities which are issued by the Reserve Bank of India on behalf of Government of India, in lieu of the Central Government's market borrowing programme. Government Securities includes all of these: Central Government Securities. State Government Securities Treasury bills The Central Government borrows funds to finance its 'fiscal deficit'. The market borrowing of the Central Government is raised through the issue of dated securities and 364 days treasury bills either by auction…