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India Bond Market Stress and RBI Liquidity Response
India's bond market faces mounting stress, with the RBI rejecting all bids at a T-bill auction amid a selloff, while Indian Oil Corp. plans to cut term crude deals with Gulf producers due to Persian Gulf supply-route risks.
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India's government bond market experienced a selloff that pushed borrowing costs to multi-year highs, prompting the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to reject all bids at a treasury bill sale on October 21, 2026 (Bloomberg, October 21). Separately, Indian Oil Corp. is reportedly planning to trim term crude purchase deals with Gulf producers for the next year, according to a person familiar with the matter, as attacks in the Persian Gulf continue to threaten supply routes (Bloomberg, October 21). These developments reflect broader financial and commodity-market strain tied to geopolitical instability in the Persian Gulf and domestic fiscal pressures in India.