You can place bids for government securities during specific windows that vary by security type. Each security follows a set weekly schedule with designated opening and closing times.
Bids for various securities follow specific timelines:
- SDLs (State Development Loans): The bidding window opens on Monday and closes on the same day.
- T-bills (Treasury Bills): The bidding window opens on Monday and closes on Tuesday.
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Government Bonds (Gsec):
The bidding window opens on Tuesday and closes on Thursday.
The bidding is open on the following days:
| Type of security | Duration |
| SDL | Opens by 10:00 AM on Monday and closes by 6:00 PM on Monday |
| T-bill | Opens by 10:00 AM on Monday and closes by 6:00 PM on Tuesday |
| Government bond | Opens by 12:00 PM on Tuesday and closes by 8:00 PM on Thursday |
| Sovereign Green Bond | Opens by 12:00 PM on Tuesday and closes by 6:00 PM on Thursday |
The above-mentioned durations may change, subject to exchange timings and trading holidays.
To view the upcoming schedules for SDL, T-bills and G-secs, see Where can the SDL, T-bills and G-secs schedule be viewed?
Did you know? If the auction settlement day falls on a holiday, the cut-off time will be moved to the previous trading day.