What are Government bonds and how to invest in them?

In this video, we take a look at what Government bonds are and how you can invest in them on Kite.

The government has ongoing expenditures to build infrastructure like roads, provide amenities, and undertake other development activities. To fund these activities, the government needs money, apart from the taxes it collects, it also borrows money by issuing bonds. The Reserve Bank of India issues T-Bills and GoI-dated bonds also known as G-Secs and State Development Loans (SDLs) on behalf of the Indian government and state government to raise money by offering a fixed return on investment.

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[WinnyDek]

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[makarandjoshi]

It would be great if you can consider elaborating on taxation, tradability, liquidity etc.and also if these can be pledged for margin for trade in F&O, and whether it will be cash equivalant or otherwise ...

[Loveforderivatives]

gsecs are the best, use it as collateral and sell options to make more gains
thank you for this opportunity

[HarishPushkar]

You have explained how to bid, but how the price is derived in the open market?

Please explain how and what needs to be considered while trading/investing in open market etc...

[harshalyadav]

Is video ko dekh kar ‘The Big Short’ movie ki yaad aagayi 🤣🤣🤣

[saravananm]

Can i add or sell G bond in open market ....what is the benifit

[VINMEENRANGOLI]

Is there any brokerage amount to buy sgb in zerodha

[rahuldhaskat]

Is Secondery market biding to come in near future on kite?

[nuthanmurari]

Tell me one thing, As you said if we invest either they give yearly consider 6 to 7% interest/yeild as a profit on our investment but as you mentioned most of them are long term so 10% tax applicable on our capital gains. So where i can see profit on it?

If it STCA government charges as per Tax Slab Rate consider if person earning 20L per annum and that person comes into 30% slab so how this person is benifited with this Funds.

Ex: Green Bonds gives 6% annual interest rate per year
If i invest 1 Lakh on it per year interest is 6000 and you are giving this interest as twice in a year it means 3000/-
How do they caluculate on it?

As per my understanding on this 3000/- if they apply 30% (900/- loss ) then i get only 2100/- as interest into my bank account then how i see this is benifited?

Please correct me if anything wrong on this.

[deepful]

Please share a video, on how to sell these gsec bonds

[pruthviraj]

Please do explain on charges from Zerodha on earned amount upon maturity

[adityaamudgal]

Should have included taxation part in the video itself and what is the % written in the column next to the security name column

[srikanthsriram]

Is there a lock in period or can it be sold as and when as per our convenience

[Dev_Anand_C]

Can we buy stocks for swing trades by pledging G-Sec ?

[hridoygogoi]

Do I have to add money to zerodha to buy t bill?

[gaureearolkar]

info seems incomplete....u should have given full details...

[DunyadaMisafir]

Let's say we buy bonds that cost $1, 000 when they were sold, when the price falls to $800. When the maturity date comes, will the company or the country buy this bond from us for $1000? If I understand correctly, if we buy a bond with one year to the maturity date according to the above scenario, will we earn 25% + coupon income in one year? Is such an income really possible?

[amalendudas]

Hi, I have a question. I actually have 2036 May 23 bond and today was the first coupon date. Can you please tell me when the amount would be credited.

[sudeshnasahoo]

Will the bid open again after 28th November?

[metallicsigma]

Did zerodha stopped providing corporate bonds?