RBI Retail Direct is where retail investors hold these securities. Look for "7.06% GS 2041" in the list of government securities, then check its current price and yield.
How it works
7.06% Government Security 2041 is a bonds & fixed income product from Government of India — via RBI Retail Direct,
in the guaranteed category: fixed by contract.
A fifteen-year government bond paying 7.06% twice a year, with the face value repaid in 2041.
Because the return type is guaranteed, the questions that matter most are:
Is the rate fixed for the whole tenure, or revised during it? Who is actually promising to pay, and what happens if they don't?
₹10,000 minimum amount in the retail direct scheme
Tenure
Matures in 2041
Payout
Half-yearly interest
Eligibility
Resident individuals with a demat account and an RBI Retail Direct account.
Getting your money back
Tradable, but the price is sensitive to rate changes over a long term.
Protection
Sovereign — the Government of India is the borrower.
Tax
Interest is taxable as income from other sources. Selling early creates a capital gain or loss.
What can go wrong
Fifteen years of interest-rate risk if you need to sell early.
A fixed coupon loses purchasing power if inflation runs higher for longer.
Coupons received along the way may earn less when reinvested.
Before you decide anything
The yield to maturity and the price you are paying
What a one percentage point yield move would do to the price
These are questions to take to the provider, not a checklist that makes a product suitable.
Whether something fits your situation is a decision only you — or an adviser you choose — can make.
These link to the regulator or provider where the rules for this type of product are set out.
They are the pages worth checking before you act, because they are the ones that get updated.
Other products in this category
The same rules and the same kind of trade-offs, described the same way.