Cut-off yields in India’s latest state-government security auction clustered around 8% for several longer-dated bonds, while two securities offered by Chhattisgarh received no accepted bids.
The Reserve Bank of India’s 9 November result showed Assam’s 2046 reissue clearing at 8.0814%, Bihar’s new 18-year bond at 8.10% and its 2051 reissue at 8.0816%.
Longer maturities test investor appetite
Odisha’s 2040 reissue cleared at 7.9770%, Tamil Nadu’s 2041 security at 8.0393%, Mizoram’s 2041 bond at 8.0788% and Nagaland’s 15-year borrowing at 8.07%.
Gujarat accepted ₹1,000 crore at 7.82% for ten years and ₹1,500 crore at 7.97% for thirteen years. Haryana’s four-year borrowing cleared at 7.61%, while its 2040 reissue cleared at 8.0201%.
The auction demonstrates how state borrowing costs vary with tenor, liquidity, outstanding stock and investor assessment of supply. State development loans carry different trading depth even though their regulatory treatment gives them a common place in institutional portfolios.
Not every notified amount was absorbed
Bihar accepted ₹1,533.882 crore of its ₹2,000-crore 18-year offer, while its separate 2051 reissue raised the full ₹2,000 crore. Chhattisgarh accepted nothing against two notified reissues, indicating that submitted prices did not meet the issuer’s threshold.
For debt investors, the useful signal is not one cut-off yield in isolation but the spread across states and maturities. Future auction calendars, banking-system liquidity and central-government bond movements will influence whether yields remain around current levels.
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