{"id":257157,"date":"2021-11-16T17:30:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=257157"},"modified":"2021-11-16T15:32:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T10:02:39","slug":"rbi-announces-retail-direct-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/11\/16\/rbi-announces-retail-direct-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"RBI announces Retail Direct Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Reserve Bank of India has launched the Retail Direct Scheme on November 12,2021. The Scheme aims at enhancing access to government securities (G-sec) market for retail investors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Key highlights:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Under this scheme, retail individual investors will be able to open a Retail Direct Gilt (RDG) Account with Reserve Bank of India. The investors must have a PAN issued by the Income Tax Department, a rupee savings bank account maintained in India, documents for KYC and registered email and mobile number. Investments can be made using the following routes:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Primary issuance of government securities: Investors can place bids as per the non-competitive scheme for participation in primary auction of government securities and procedural guidelines for SGB issuance.<\/li>\n<li>Secondary market: Investors can buy and sell government securities on NDS-OM (\u2018Odd Lot\u2019 and \u2018Request for Quotes\u2019 segments).<\/li>\n<li>The payments for transactions can be done conveniently using a savings bank account through internet-banking or Unified Payments Interface (UPI). Investors can obtain help and other support facilities on the portal itself or through a toll-free telephone number 1800\u2013267-7955 (10am to 7pm). Investor services include provisions for transaction and balance statements, nomination facility, pledge or lien of securities and gift transactions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>No fees will be charged for facilities provided under the scheme.<\/li>\n<li>The Scheme comes into force on November 12, 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">*Tanvi Singh, Editorial Assistant has reported this brief.<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Reserve Bank of India has launched the Retail Direct Scheme on November 12,2021. 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