2144 New Delhi, February 5 The Reserve Bank on Friday permitted retail investors to directly buy government securities (G-Sec) as part of measures to maintain availability of funds in the market and also raise Rs 12 lakh crore debt on behalf of the Centre during 2021-22. Details of the facility will be shortly worked out. “This is a major structural reform placing India among a select few countries which have similar facilities,” said RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das at a media briefing. Retail investors are presently permitted to indirectly buy government securities, but this is the first time they will be offered the direct route.