New thinking on corporate bond market in India.pdf

New thinking on corporate bond market in India Sanjay Banerji Krishna Gangopadhyay Ila Patnaik Ajay Shah New thinking on corporate bond market in India Foreword In the rush to produce urgent policy documents and briefing notes that any government has to do, it is easy to let matters that may not be quite as urgent to go unattended. However, the not-so-urgent often includes matters of great importance for the long-run well-being of the nation and its citizenry. Research papers on topics of strategic economic policy fall in this category. The Economic Division in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, has initiated this Working Paper series to make available to the Indian policymaker, as well as the academic and research community interested in the Indian economy, papers that are based on research done in the Ministry of Finance and address matters that may or may not be of immediate concern but address topics of importance for India’s sustained and inclusive development. It is hoped that this series will serve as a forum that gives shape to new ideas and provides space to discuss, debate and disseminate them. Kaushik Basu 29th May, 2011 Chief Economic Adviser Disclaimer and Acknowledgements The ideas presented in this paper are personal and do not reflect the views of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. The authors thank Vimal Balasubramaniam for excellent research assistance and Debashish Mallick and Partha Sa