Banks want CRR, SLR, priority sector exemption for sovereign green bonds

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Banks have requested the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to exempt them from maintaining cash reserve ratio (CRR), statutory liquidity ratio (SLR), and priority sector lending requirement for subscribing to soverign green bonds to be floated in January and February.

Such exemptions are also available for infrastructure bonds.

 

In line with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s FY23 Budget announcement, the RBI last week said it will auction a total of Rs 16,000 crore of green bonds in two tranches on January 25 and February 9.

 

The request for such exemptions was part of the suggestions by the debt market participants to facilitate