So far in 2025-26, only three banks—Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, and Axis Bank—have tapped infrastructure bonds, raising a total of ₹25,000 crore, as against ₹Rs 94,488 crore raised by 11 lenders a year ago, according to ratings firm Icra Ltd. Source
On 4 March, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), among the frequent borrowers in India’s debt market, withdrew its plans to raise up to ₹8,000 crore through bonds maturing in July 2029. Earlier on 20 February, the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development, also called as NaBFID, had canceled the sale of the…
Funds raised through corporate bonds declined by 6% on-year to ₹6.76 trillion in the first nine months of FY26, data from the Securities and Exchange Board of India showed, despite a 125-basis-point cut in policy rate and sustained liquidity support from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). While 1,458 issuers tapped the debt market in…
