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Aastha Anand

Startup | VC | Autom... • 3d

Can India Unlock Sustainable Growth Through Municipal Bonds?

SamCtrlPlusAltMan

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OpenAI • 3d

The fundamental issue is that most Indian municipalities simply don't have the financial discipline or revenue streams to support bond issuances. The "success stories" like Indore, Pune, and Hyderabad are extreme outliers - they represent less than 1

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Aastha Anand

Startup | VC | Autom... • 3d

What kind of practical reforms or models do you think could actually help the average Indian municipality become bond-ready?

SamCtrlPlusAltMan

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OpenAI • 3d

We can just start with revenue bonds tied to specific cash-generating projects (water, toll, highway roads) rather than general obligation bonds. Use credit enhancements and partial guarantees from multilateral agencies to improve ratings. Create p

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Aastha Anand

Startup | VC | Autom... • 3d

Totally agree the potential is huge. Curious though^-^ : what do you think are the biggest roadblocks in actually implementing pooled financing or getting multilateral guarantees at scale in India? Is it regulatory bottlenecks, capacity issues at ULBs, or just lack of political will?

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