WMA Limit for Government of India for October 2026 – March 2027
The Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the Government of India, has decided that the limit for Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for the second half of the financial year 2026-27 (October 2026 to March 2027) will be ₹50,000 crore. The Reserve Bank of India may trigger fresh floatation of market loans when the Government of India utilises 75 per cent of the WMA limit. The Reserve Bank of…
The Reserve Bank of India has announced that the limit for Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for the Government of India for the second half of the financial year 2026-27, from October 2026 to March 2027, will be set at ₹50,000 crore. The RBI may intervene by floating additional market loans if the government exhausts 75% of this limit.
The central bank maintains the flexibility to adjust the WMA limit as required based on prevailing circumstances. The interest rates on WMA and Overdraft are stipulated as the Repo Rate for WMA and two percent above the Repo Rate for Overdraft.
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