GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE GREEN BONDS WORTH ₹23,764 CR IN FY24
Business Standard|March 30, 2023
The Centre is expected to issue ₹23,764.46 crore worth of sovereign green bonds in the coming financial year (FY24), according to the Expenditure Profile documents of the 2023-24 Union Budget. This is nearly 49 per cent higher than ₹16,000 crore worth of the maiden green bond issuances by the government in FY23.
ARUP ROYCHOUDHURY
GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE GREEN BONDS WORTH ₹23,764 CR IN FY24

According to the plan presented in Budget documents, most of the green bond proceeds will go to the Railways (₹12,479 crore) for the production of electric locomotives and the construction of new Kolkata metro lines, which the Railways own.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will get ₹7,507.5 crore for its various schemes, the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry will get ₹2,609 crore for equity investment in various metro rail projects, and the environment ministry will receive ₹169 crore. This is, however, a provisional plan, and more projects can be added or some may be removed later, sources said.

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