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Takes some time for the exchanges to issue a circular. Check now.

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Thanks. Now it’s showing. Can you please tell me why the short dated gsecs are not available to pledge for margin in zerodha?

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I recall a thread on this (not able to find it now).

One of the reasons given was
the work involved is too much of a hassle
for very little gain when done for securities that mature very soon (eg. a 90-day T-bill).

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Yes I know t-bills are not allowed to pledge. But by short dated gsecs I mean maturity in 3/5 years which are not allowed to pledge as well. Only muturity in 10 years or more are pledgable. idk why.

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Wow are you sure. I saw in cash collateral list and they are there. Thanks for letting me know in advance i was thinking of buying gsec for pledging purpose.

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Can the above be pledged for margin? @Bhuvan

Is this true?

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If this is true, my plan of buying 2026 gsec for cash equivalent collateral flopped before it even began.

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I have placed an order for t-bills, where to add funds? can’t find any add funds option on the coin app, should I add funds on the kite app?

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yeah add funds to your trading account.

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Securities in this list can be pledged. “NEWGS” means new govt bonds, they may take time to be accepted for pledging by the clearing corporation.

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Add funds to your trading account.

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Thanks for the reply. How much time does this usually take ? Weeks or months?
Has any Gov bond “NOT” been accepted for pledging by CC?

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how? When I add funds on the kite app, does that mean they are added to my trading account?

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Yep, that’s right.

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Me also looking for a satisfactory answer to this exact same question.
@Bhuvan, @cvs Can you help?

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Usually happens the next month after listing.

Not really, pretty much all securities are part of the list, barring a few.

List of accepted securities: How to pledge securities to get collateral margin?

List of all outstanding G-secs: Reserve Bank of India - Database

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Thanks @Bhuvan

Placed first test order. If I am able to pledge this by next month, I’ll likely do this regularly.

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This is only for new G-Secs, all the other G-Secs that are available for bidding can be pledged already.

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Technically 6 GOI Bonds needs to be identified,( spead accordingly) as interest is paid semi annually, I believe.

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