Interest payment schedule for G-Secs

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G-Secs pay coupon semi-annually, on fixed dates derived from the original issue date.

Schedule

Two coupon payment dates per year.
6 months apart.
Payment via direct credit to your linked bank.

Example: 7.18 GS 2033 might have coupon dates of 14 August and 14 February each year (semi-annual).

How to find the schedule

Console > Holdings > G-Sec details: Next coupon date.
ISIN documentation (RBI / NSE).
Zerodha bond details page per ISIN.

What you receive

Coupon per period = (Coupon rate x Face value) / 2

Example: 7% G-Sec, Rs 1,00,000 face value:

How to track G-Sec coupon receipts on Console

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This guide explains how to track coupon payments from Government Securities (G-Secs), Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs), and T-Bill maturity proceeds when holding these instruments through Zerodha’s demat account. The single most common point of confusion for new G-Sec investors on Zerodha is that coupon payments do not appear in the Kite portfolio or the Zerodha trading ledger, they are credited directly by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to the investor’s primary bank account.

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Interest payment schedule for G-Secs

Schedule

How to find the schedule

What you receive

How to track G-Sec coupon receipts on Console