Retail Direct scheme is a one-stop solution to facilitate investment in Government Securities by Individual Investors.
Primary issuances are first time issuances or re-issuances of government securities by Central Government or State Governments.
Sovereign Gold Bonds are considered to be substitutes for holding physical gold and are government securities denominated in grams of gold.
NDS-OM is RBI's screen based, anonymous electronic order matching system for trading in G-Sec in the secondary market.