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The government is considering measures to make green and blue bonds attractive to investors, including changes to the pricing regulations and ways to deepen the bond market..
The NITI Aayog has been tasked to look at ways to scale up issuances of green and blue bonds and come up with a detailed action plan based on global best practices, said the official, adding that the think tank will also look at ways to make the bonds more accessible..
"The idea is to bring transparency to the bond market by providing relevant information to the investors who want to assess and compare securities that claim to be green or blue," said the official, who did not wish to be identified..
"However, nothing has been firmed up yet.". . Green bonds are debt instruments aimed at raising investments for green projects, including renewable and sustainable energy, clean transportation, climate change adaptation and sustainable waste management...
