**Executive Summary**
The Government of India is conducting a conversion/switch of its securities through an auction for an aggregate amount of ₹19,000 crore. The auction will be held on October 20, 2025, between 10:30 AM and 11:30 AM on the e-Kuber platform. The results will be announced on the same day, with settlement on October 23, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Auction Details:**
* Aggregate amount: ₹19,000 crore (face value).
* Auction Date: October 20, 2025 (Monday), between 10:30 AM and 11:30 AM.
* Platform: e-Kuber.
* Settlement Date: October 23, 2025 (Thursday).
* Type: Multiple-price based auction.
* **Source and Destination Securities:**
* The document specifies the source securities eligible for conversion, their amounts, and the corresponding destination securities.
* Examples of Source Securities: 8.15% GS 2026 (Maturing on Nov 24, 2026), 6.79% GS 2027 (Maturing on May 15, 2027)
* Examples of Destination Securities: 7.50% GS 2034 (Maturing on Aug 10, 2034), 6.57% GS 2033 (Maturing on Dec 05, 2033)
* **Bidding Requirements:**
* Bids must be submitted electronically via e-Kuber.
* Bids must include:
* Amount of the source security participants are willing to sell.
* Price of the source security (up to two decimal places).
* Choice and price of the destination security (up to two decimal places).
* The aggregate amount of bids for the source security should not exceed holdings of source security in face value terms.
* Minimum bid size is ₹10,000 and in multiples thereof.
* The price of the source security quoted must equal the FBIL closing price of the source security as on the previous working day.
* Auction cut-off will be decided based on the price of the destination securities.
* **Government Rights:**
* The Government of India reserves the right to:
* Accept offers for less than the notified amount.
* Purchase marginally higher than the notified amount due to rounding-off.
* Accept or reject any or all offers, wholly or partially, without assigning any reason.
* **Fund Settlement:**
* There will be fund settlement for the net accrued interest (accrued interest for the source security FV – accrued interest for the destination security FV) for each bid.
* Cash consideration (due to rounding-off of face value of destination security) computed for each bid would be added to the net accrued interest.
* Fund settlement will be done for the final amount (Net accrued interest + cash consideration) for each bid.
* **Operational Guidelines:**
* Market participants can bid through the Switch Transaction module on e-Kuber.
* Bidding implies agreement to sell source security to GoI and buy destination security from GoI.
* Switch ratio would be rounded off at 8 decimal places.
* The settlement of the auction would be held on T+1 basis.
* **Help Desk:**
* For technical difficulties, contact the Core Banking Operations Team.
* For auction-related difficulties, contact the IDMD auction team.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder:** Market Participants
**Impact:**
Required to submit bids in electronic format on the e-Kuber platform for the conversion/switch of Government of India securities. They can potentially optimise their portfolios by switching to securities with desirable characteristics.
**Action Required:**
Submit bids on the e-Kuber platform on October 20, 2025, between 10:30 AM and 11:30 AM, adhering to the specified bidding requirements and guidelines. Contact the help desk for any difficulties.
Key Entities Referenced
Government of India: The issuer and primary party involved in the conversion/switch of securities.
Reserve Bank of India: The facilitator of the auction process for conversion/switch of Government of India Securities.
e-Kuber: The electronic platform used for submitting bids in the auction.
Government Securities: The financial instruments being converted or switched in the auction. Source and destination securities are specified.
Switch/Conversion Transactions: The main subject of the policy is conversion/switch of securities.
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भारतीय ररज़र्व बैंक
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
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October 15, 2025
Conversion/Switch of Government of India Securities
Government of India announces the conversion/switch of its securities through auction for
an aggregate amount of ₹19,000 crore (face value). The security-wise details of the
conversion/switch are given as under:
Amount (FV) of
Date of
Source Securities Source Securities Destination Securities
Auction
(in ₹ crore)
8.15% GS 2026 7.50% GS 2034
4,000
(Maturing on Nov 24, 2026) (Maturing on Aug 10, 2034)
6.79% GS 2027 6.57% GS 2033
5,000
(Maturing on May 15, 2027) (Maturing on Dec 05, 2033)
October
8.26% GS 2027 7.34% GS 2064
20, 2025 2,000
(Maturing on Aug 02, 2027) (Maturing on Apr 22, 2064)
(Monday)
6.64% GS 2027 6.19% GS 2034
3,000
(Maturing on Dec 09, 2027) (Maturing on Sep 16, 2034)
7.37% GS 2028 7.57% GS 2033
5,000
(Maturing on Oct 23, 2028) (Maturing on Jun 17, 2033)
Total 19,000
The market participants are required to place their bids in Reserve Bank of India Core
Banking Solution (e-Kuber) giving the amount of the source security and the price of the
source and destination security expressed in Indian Rupees up to two decimal places.
The auction will be a multiple-price based auction, i.e., successful bids will get accepted at
their respective quoted prices for the source and destination securities.
Bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the e-Kuber platform on
October 20, 2025 (Monday) between 10:30 AM and 11:30 AM. The result of the auction will
be announced on the same day and settlement will take place on October 23, 2025
(Thursday).
Government of India reserves the right to:
• Accept offers for less than the notified amount.
• Purchase marginally higher than the notified amount due to rounding-off effect.
• Accept or reject any or all the offers either wholly or partially without assigning any
reason.
Operational guidelines for switch transactions and other details are given in the Annex.
Ajit Prasad
Press Release: 2025-2026/1320 Deputy General Manager
(Communications)Annex
Operational Guidelines for Switch/Conversion Transactions with the Government of
India
Switch module on e-Kuber
1. The market participants can bid in the switch auction through the Switch Transaction
module provided in the e-Kuber portal.
Bidding in a switch transaction
2. Bidding in the auction implies that the market participants agree to sell the source
security/ies to the Government of India (GoI) and simultaneously agree to buy the destination
security from the GoI at their respective quoted prices.
Placing of bids
3. Each bid should specify the following details:
I. Amount of the source security (Face Value) that the participants are willing to sell.
II. Price of the source security (expressed up to two decimal places).
III. Choice of destination security and the price of the destination security (expressed up
to two decimal places), at which the participants are willing to buy the destination
security.
4. The participants can choose to bid for any/all the destination security/ies, but the aggregate
amount of bids for the source security should not exceed their holdings of the source security
in face value terms.
Minimum Bid size
5. Minimum bid size would be ₹10,000 and in multiples of ₹10,000 thereafter. The participants
are allowed to submit multiple bids. However, the aggregate amount of bids submitted should
not exceed the notified amount of source security/basket of source securities in the auction.
Price of source security
6. The price of the source security quoted must be equal to the FBIL closing price of the
source security as on the previous working day.
7. Bids for source security not as per the price mentioned above will be rejected.
Price of destination security
8. Bids for the destination security may be placed after taking into account the price of source
security as mentioned above.
Method of auction
9. The auction will be a multiple-price based auction, i.e. successful bids will get accepted at
their respective quoted prices for the source and destination securities.
Auction decision
10. The auction cut-off will be decided based on the price of the destination security/ies.
11. Successful bidders are those who have placed their bids at or above the cut-off price. All
bids lower than the cut-off price will be rejected.
12. There will be provision of pro-rata allotment, should there be more than one successful bid
at the cut-off price.Amount of destination security and dealing in odd amounts during switch auction
13. The switch ratio, which is the ratio of the price of the source security to the price of the
destination security, would be rounded off at 8 decimal places.
14. The amount of destination security to be issued for each successful bid will be computed
by multiplying the allotted amount (FV) of the source security with the rounded-off switch ratio.
The amount of destination security (FV) would be rounded-off to the nearest lower value in
multiples of ₹10,000.
15. The odd amount of destination securities (less than ₹10,000) which has been rounded-off,
would be notionally allotted and bought back from the bidders at the quoted bid price of the
destination security. The net cash consideration to be paid to the bidder for such odd amounts
would be the clean price of these securities (as the accrued interest received during notional
allotment and paid during notional buyback offset each other).
Fund settlement
16. Though the conversion would be broadly cash neutral, there will be fund settlement for the
net accrued interest (accrued interest for the source security FV – accrued interest for the
destination security FV) for each bid. Cash consideration (due to rounding-off of face value of
destination security) computed for each bid would be added to the net accrued interest.
Accordingly, fund settlement will be done for the final amount (Net accrued interest + cash
consideration) for each bid.
Note: An illustration for the calculation of cash consideration due to rounding-off of
destination security face value is as given below:
Amount of Source Security (FV) ₹10,00,00,000.00
Price of Source Security ₹97.50
Price of Destination Security ₹99.20
Switch Ratio (rounded-off at 8 decimals) 0.98286290
Destination Security FV before rounding off ₹9,82,86,290.00
Destination Security FV re-issued after rounding-off ₹9,82,80,000.00
Odd amount of rounded-off destination security (FV) ₹6290.00
Cash consideration due to rounding off (Clean Price ₹6240.00
calculated at the quoted price of destination security)
17. The settlement of the auction would be held on T+1 basis.
Help Desk
18. In case of technical difficulties, Core Banking Operations Team should be contacted
(email; Phone no: 022-69870466, 022-69870415). For other auction related difficulties, IDMD
auction team can be contacted (email; Phone no: 022-22702431, 22705125).