Reissued bonds account for nearly 66% of state borrowings in H1 FY27: Report

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According to data compiled by PTI from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), states raised Rs 4.98 lakh crore through State Development Loans (SDLs) in the first half of FY27, of which Rs 3.28 lakh crore came through reissuances, accounting for 65.94 per cent of the total.
The share of reissued bonds was 8 per cent of the total SDL issuances in FY26. This was higher than the 17.29 per cent recorded in FY20 and the highest share in at least seven financial years.
Surging bond yields likely to slash banks' treasury income
Banks are expected to report a nearly 60% decline in treasury income for the July-September quarter. Analysts predict treasury gains to decrease from ₹13,100 crore last year to ₹5,500 crore this year. Rising government bond yields have negatively impacted investment portfolios, leading to lower gains. Public sector banks will feel a more pronounced effect due to their larger government securities portfolios.
The trend marks a sharp acceleration in adoption of reissuances, which gained ground over the past two years amid efforts to improve liquidity and transparency in the state government securities market.
A 'reissuance' entails the issue of an existing, previously issued bond series into the market rather than creating a brand-new security with a new maturity date or coupon rate.
In FY25, reissuances accounted for 12.2 per cent of total state borrowings, 5.73 per cent in FY24, 7.77 per cent in FY23, while the share was 10.4 per cent in FY22 and 9.72 per cent in FY21, the data showed.
The growing preference for reissuances comes against the backdrop of the RBI's efforts to encourage states to adopt the Benchmark Issuance Strategy (BIS), aimed at improving transparency and providing greater clarity to investors in the state government securities market.
Under the strategy, states issue securities in specified benchmark tenor buckets in line with a pre-announced borrowing calendar, allowing investors to better anticipate issuances and potentially improving trading liquidity in the secondary market.
In its annual report for FY26, the RBI said it had been sensitising states about adopting the BIS and decided to introduce the strategy on a pilot basis for nine state governments from FY27, based on their concurrence.
The impact of the initiative is already visible in the increased participation of states in reissuing securities.
According to an Icra report, 24 states opted to reissue State Government Securities (SGS) in the first half of FY27, compared to just four to nine states during the corresponding periods of FY23 to FY26.
Icra said the trend suggested that reissuance could become the default mode of borrowing for states in the coming months, in line with the Centre's approach to issuing government securities.
The rating agency also noted that reissuances could help increase secondary-market trading volumes of SGS, which have been constrained by the large number of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) issued by individual states, each often having a relatively low outstanding amount.
By consolidating outstanding securities through reissuances, states could help improve the tradability of their bonds and deepen the secondary market, potentially making them more attractive to investors.
The RBI, in its agenda for FY27, has also identified sensitising the remaining states and Union Territories to adopt the BIS as a key priority, noting that the strategy has already been adopted by nine state governments.
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