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RBI to soon take steps to boost bond trading: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

In order to improve access to long-term finance, the government would be setting up an organisation to provide credit enhancement for infrastructure and housing projects

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Anup Roy Mumbai
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government will soon take further action to develop the credit default swaps (CDS) markets in India, and will ask the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to initiate measures to increased trading in the bond market further.

In order to improve access to long-term finance, the government would be setting up an organisation to provide credit enhancement for infrastructure and housing projects. This would enable better debt flow in the segment. 

Although the minister did not elaborate on what measures could be taken to boost the bond market trading, bond dealers said increasing more participation