CSGL Route to NDS-OM Expanded for Qualified Entities
No longer current — withdrawn, no replacement on file yet
Source: Reserve Bank of India · RBI/2006-2007/417 · issued 25 May 2007 · ~2 min read
Quick answerRBI now allows qualified entities like NBFCs, provident funds, and cooperative banks to trade government securities on NDS-OM via CSGL accounts held with banks/PDs, widening market access.
What changed
Previously, only banks, primary dealers, and select institutions could directly access NDS-OM. Now, any entity legally required to invest in government securities—such as deposit-taking NBFCs, provident funds, pension funds, mutual funds, insurance companies, cooperative banks, regional rural banks, and trusts—can place orders through CSGL accounts maintained with NDS members (banks/PDs). Trades settle via the CSGL and current accounts of the NDS member.
What it means for you
This expands the investor base for government securities, increasing liquidity and depth in the secondary market. Banks and PDs acting as custodians must ensure only 'qualified' entities use this facility, adding compliance responsibility. It also streamlines access for smaller entities that previously lacked direct NDS-OM membership.
Historical instruction — do not use for current compliance. This is what was required at the time; it no longer reflects current RBI requirements. If no replacement rule is linked above, that only means none is recorded on our register yet — it does not prove no later applicable rule exists. Confirm on the official RBI source below.
What banks were required to do at the time
Verify that each gilt account holder meets the 'qualified entity' criteria before allowing NDS-OM orders.
Implement a robust mechanism to confirm eligibility, as per RBI's caution on avoiding trades for non-qualified entities.
Adhere to all existing guidelines for maintaining gilt accounts and constituent deals on NDS-OM.
Ensure settlement processes for CSGL trades are correctly linked to the member's CSGL and current accounts.
Who it affects
Banks and Primary Dealers (NDS members), Deposit-taking NBFCs, Provident Funds and Pension Funds, Mutual Funds and Insurance Companies, Cooperative Banks and Regional Rural Banks, Trusts and other entities required to invest in government securities
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Regulatory timeline
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Status change: withdrawn10 Jul 2026, 04:07 IST
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What is the CSGL route on NDS-OM?
It allows entities that maintain gilt accounts with NDS members (banks/PDs) to place orders on the NDS-OM platform through those members, using the Constituent Subsidiary General Ledger (CSGL) facility for settlement.
Who qualifies as a 'qualified entity' under this circular?
Any entity legally or regulatorily required to invest in government securities, including deposit-taking NBFCs, provident funds, pension funds, mutual funds, insurance companies, cooperative banks, regional rural banks, and trusts.
What are the responsibilities of custodians (CSGL account holders)?
Custodians must ensure that only qualified entities use the CSGL route for NDS-OM trades and must establish mechanisms to verify eligibility before allowing orders.
📜 Read the original circular — full text as issued by RBI
RBI/2006-2007/417
IDMD.DOD.No.5341/10.25.66/ 2006-07
May 25, 2007
All SGL/CSGL Account holders
CSGL Option on NDS – Order Matching
Dear Sirs,
The Order Matching segment on NDS (NDS-OM) was launched in August 2005. Access to the same was initially extended to Banks and Primary Dealers and later to other NDS members, Insurance Companies, Mutual Funds and bigger Provident Funds for their proprietary deals.
2. To widen the reach of NDS-OM, access is now extended to qualified entities maintaining gilt accounts with NDS members. For the purpose of this circular ‘qualified’ entities would cover all entities required by law or by regulation to invest in Government Securities such as deposit taking NBFCs, Provident Funds, Pension Funds, Mutual Funds, Insurance Companies, Cooperative banks, Regional Rural Banks and Trusts etc. These entities can now place orders on NDS-OM through direct NDS-OM members viz., banks & PDs using the CSGL route. Such trades will settle through the CSGL account and current account of the NDS-OM member.
3. Though the system permits putting through CSGL trades on behalf of all gilt account holders, it is the responsibility of the respective custodians (CSGL Account holders) to exercise caution not to permit any trade on account of entities that are not ‘qualified’. They may, therefore, evolve a mechanism to ensure that the gilt account holder satisfies the eligibility criteria before allowing orders to be placed on NDS-OM.
4. All other guidelines as regards maintaining of ‘gilt accounts’ and investments on behalf of 'gilt account' holders as applicable to NDS may be adhered to while undertaking 'constituent deals' on NDS-OM.
Yours faithfully,
(R.N. Kar)
General Manager
Reproduced for reference with acknowledgment — Source: Reserve Bank of India · RBI/2006-2007/417 · issued 25 May 2007. The plain-English explanation above is BankPulse’s own independent summary.
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