🇮🇳India just made a smart move to attract global capital.


The RBI recommended cutting taxes on foreign bond investors today. The Finance Ministry is seriously considering it. Bloomberg confirmed it this morning.
Here is the opportunity they spotted.
India's $1.3 trillion government bond market is now part of JPMorgan and FTSE Russell global indexes. Big money should be flowing in. But foreigners own just 3% of it.
Why so little? Tax. Foreign investors currently pay 20% on interest income from Indian bonds. Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, all charge far less. Global money went there instead.
Cut the tax and that changes overnight.
The market understood immediately. Rupee reversed its losses. Bond yields dropped 5 basis points within minutes of the Bloomberg report.
The timing is also strategic. The rupee is down 6% in 2026. $100 oil is draining dollar reserves every day. Attracting foreign bond investors brings dollars in through the front door while oil takes them out the back.
Lower taxes. More foreign capital. Stronger rupee.
Now let us see when it actually gets approved.
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