RBI injects 50,000 cr of liquidity through OMOs to meet fiscal demand
By AND OfficeLast updated: Mar 14, 2026 09:39:00 IST
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As a strategic move to strengthen market liquidity, the Reserve Bank of India has injected a hefty sum of fifty thousand crore rupees into the banking sector. As businesses prepare to prepay their taxes and GST later this month, this liquidity boost comes at a crucial time.
AND OfficeTHE Reserve Bank of India (RBI) injected ₹50,000 crore into the interbank system on Friday by purchasing state securities.
THE open market operation (OMO) was conducted to maintain excess liquidity in the market, ahead of advance payments of taxes and Goods and Services Tax (GST) scheduled later this month, at the end of the financial year.
Market liquidity was estimated to be in excess of around 2.49 lakh crore on Thursday.
RBI injects 50,000 cr of liquidity through OMOs to meet fiscal demand
As a strategic move to strengthen market liquidity, the Reserve Bank of India has injected a hefty sum of fifty thousand crore rupees into the banking sector. As businesses prepare to prepay their taxes and GST later this month, this liquidity boost comes at a crucial time.
India’s 10-year benchmark bond bond yield remained stable at 6.68% on Friday, helped by the liquidity injection.
The central bank last week made purchases of government securities in the secondary market to inject ₹57,210 crore into the market to contain bond yields amid the war in West Asia.
The OMO on Friday was part of two auctions of ₹50,000 crore each announced by the central bank last week. In the calendar year so far, the RBI has injected ₹3.50 lakh crore through OMO operations.
On Friday, it received bids worth ₹1.08 lakh crore for OMO. He bought 6.45% Government Security 2029 for pumping in ₹13,006 crore, 7.95% GS 2032 for ₹2,908 crore, 6.79% GS 2034 for ₹4,496 crore, 6.64% Stock 2035 for ₹8,350 crore ₹, the 7.41% security 2036 for ₹14,491 crore, the 7.62% GS 2039 for ₹1,749 crore and the 7.06% stock 2046 for ₹5,000 crore, RBI said.
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