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Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman approves India’s First Sovereign Green Bonds Framework

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..... Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman approves India’s First Sovereign Green Bonds Framework - News and Press Release Dated:- 10-11-2022 - News - Union Minister for Finance Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman approves the final Sovereign Green Bonds framework of India. This approval will further strengthen India s commitment towards its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDCs) .....

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..... targets, adopted under the Paris Agreement, and help in attracting global and domestic investments in eligible green projects. The proceeds generated from issuance of such bonds will be deployed in Public Sector projects which help in reducing carbon intensity of the economy. The Framework comes close on the footsteps of India s commitments under Panchamrit as elucidated by the Prime Minist .....

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..... er, Shri Narendra Modi, at COP26 at Glasgow in November, 2021. The approval is fulfillment of the announcement in the Union Budget FY 2022-23 by the Union Finance Minister that Sovereign Green Bonds will be issued for mobilising resources for green projects. Green bonds are financial instruments that generate proceeds for investment in environmentally sustainable and climate-suitable projects. .....

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..... By virtue of their indication towards environmental sustainability, green bonds command a relatively lower cost of capital vis- -vis regular bonds and necessitates credibility and commitments associated with the process of raising bonds. In the above context, India s first Sovereign Green Bonds framework was formulated and as per the provisions of the framework, Green Finance Working Committee .....

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..... (GFWC) was constituted to validate key decisions on issuance of Sovereign Green Bonds. Further, CICERO, an independent and globally renowned Norway-based Second Party Opinion (SPO) provider, was appointed to evaluate India s green bonds framework and certify alignment of the framework with ICMA s Green Bond Principles and international best practices. After due deliberation and consideration, C .....

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..... ICERO has rated India s Green Bonds Framework as Medium Green with a Good governance score. The report can be downloaded from the following link: https://dea.gov.in/sites/default/files/Framework%20for%20Sovereign%20Green%20Bonds.pdf - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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