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TopicMunicipal Bonds

Topic: Municipal Bonds

Municipal bonds not a hit among urban local bodies, low creditworthiness a big hurdle — infra report

Risha Chitlangia -
Other factors include easy availability of govt funds, lack of political will to improve service delivery & systemic absence of timely audits, says India Infrastructure Report 2023

Agra & Varanasi among 4 UP cities set to issue municipal bonds to raise money for infra development

Risha Chitlangia -
New Delhi: The municipal corporations of four Tier-2 cities in Uttar Pradesh — Agra, Kanpur, Prayagraj and Varanasi — will issue municipal bonds by...

India’s cleanest city to issue its 1st green bonds to fund solar power plant. ‘Have Indore’s trust’

Sukriti Vats -
Indore is issuing municipal bonds to the public to raise Rs 250 cr for the project. The civic body will also earn revenue by selling carbon credits, says Indore Smart City CEO.

‘India’s urban local bodies among weakest globally’: RBI decries reliance on state, central grants

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Municipal corporations need innovative alternative sources of financing to cater to increased infrastructural demands, says report by RBI.

Lucknow Municipal Corporation bonds list on BSE — what are they & why cities need them

Remya Nair -
The municipal bonds issued by the Lucknow Municipal Corporation were listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

‘Muni’ bond to the rescue. After Indore’s success, cities eager to raise their own funds

Mahua Venkatesh -
Madhya Pradesh is taking the lead in ‘muni bonds’ with cities such as Gwalior, Jabalpur and Bhopal set to follow suit.

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Kushan Mitra -
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Economy

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Udit Bubna -
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

Defence

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

National Interest

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

Shekhar Gupta -
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.

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