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Regd. No. NW/CH-22

Regd. No. CHD/0092/2018-2020

EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

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GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

(Finance Budget-II Branch)

NOTIFICATION

The 26th November, 2020

No.7/1/2020-2FB2/616.-Government of Punjab hereby notifies the sale of Punjab Government Stock

(securities) of 20-year tenure for an aggregate amount of Rs.1500 crore (Nominal). The sale will be subject to

the terms and conditions spelt out in this notification (called specific Notification) as also the terms and conditions

specified in the General Notification No. 7/3/2017-2FBII/445 dated May 08, 2017 of Government of Punjab.

Object of the Loan

(i)

To finance part of Capital Expenditure of Plan Schemes and to meet theexpenditure on account

of committed liabilities and other development schemes under execution

(ii)

Consent of Central Government has been obtained to the floatation of this loan as required by

Article 293(3) of the Constitution of India.

Method of Issue

Government Stock will be sold through the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office (PDO) Fort, Mumbai-

400 001 by auction in the manner as prescribed in paragraph 6.1 of the General Notification No. 7/3/2017-

2FBII/445 dated May 08, 2017 at a coupon rate to be determined by the Reserve Bank of India at the yield

based auction under multiple price formats.

Allotment to Non-competitive Bidders

The Government Stock up to 10 % of the notified amount of the sale will be allotted to eligible individuals

and institutions subject to a maximum limit of 1 % of the notified amount for a single bid as per the Revised

Scheme for Non-competitive Bidding Facilityin the Auctions of State Government Securities of the General

Notification (Annexure – II).

Place and Date of Auction

The auction will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, at its Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai -

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400 001 on December 01, 2020. Bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format, on the Reserve

Bank of India Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber) system as stated below on December 01, 2020.

(a)

The competitive bids shall be submitted electronically on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking

Solution (E-Kuber) system between 10:30 A.M. and 11.30 A.M.

(b)

The non-competitive bids shall be submitted electronically on the Reserve Bank of India Core

Banking Solution (E-Kuber) system between 10.30 A.M. and 11.00 A.M.

Result of the Auction

The result of the auction shall be displayed by the Reserve Bank of India on its website on the same

day. The payment by successful bidders will be on December 02, 2020.

Method of Payment

Successful bidders will make payments on December 02, 2020 before close of banking hours by

means of cash, bankers' cheque/pay order, demand draft payable at Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai/ New

Delhi or a cheque drawn on their account with Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai (Fort) /New Delhi.

Tenure

The Stock will be of 20-year tenure. The tenure of the Stock will commence on December 02, 2020.

Date of Repayment

The loan will be repaid at par on December 02, 2040.

Rate of Interest

The cut-off yield determined at the auction will be the coupon rate percent per annum on the Stock sold

at the auction. The interest will be paid on June 02 andDecember 02.

Eligibility of Securities

10.

The investment in Government Stock will be reckoned as an eligible investment in Government Securities

by banks for the purpose of Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) under Section 24 of the Banking Regulation Act,

1949. The stocks will qualify for the ready forward facility.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Punjab

K A P SINHA

Principal Secretary to the Government of Punjab

Finance Department

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