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Table 2.5: BSE Carbonex: Sector-wise Distribution and Market Capitalization in 2015
S. No. Index/Sectors Index market capitalization (%)
1 Finance 30.11
2 Information technology 13.60
3 FMCG 10.01
4 Oil and gas 9.57
5 Transport equipments 9.21
6 Healthcare 6.38
7 Capital goods 6.10
8 Metal, metal products, and mining 3.90
9 Power 2.68
10 Housing related 2.47
11 Telecom 2.46
12 Chemical and petrochemical 1.07
13 Diversified 0.51
14 Textile 0.49
15 Consumer durables 0.41
16 Media and publishing 0.36
17 Agriculture 0.34
18 Transport services 0.32
Total 100
Source: S&P BSE (2015b)
Green Bonds
Green bonds are an innovative financing mechanism which can
help in raising long-term and low-cost debt capital to fund ‘green’
projects involving emission reduction such as improvement in energy
efficiency, and production of renewable energy. They can prove to
be extremely useful to fund India’s ambitious target of building 175
GW renewable energy capacity by 2022 (MNRE, 2015). In the next five
years, proposals are likely to generate business opportunities of the
order of USD 160 billion in the renewable energy sector (MOF, 2015).
Although, the Green Bond Principles (GBPs)—voluntary process
guidelines that recommend transparency and disclosure and promote
integrity in the development of the Green Bond market by clarifying
the issuance process—do mention the broad categories wherein
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S. No. Index/Sectors Index market capitalization (%)
1 Finance 30.11
2 Information technology 13.60
3 FMCG 10.01
4 Oil and gas 9.57
5 Transport equipments 9.21
6 Healthcare 6.38
7 Capital goods 6.10
8 Metal, metal products, and mining 3.90
9 Power 2.68
10 Housing related 2.47
11 Telecom 2.46
12 Chemical and petrochemical 1.07
13 Diversified 0.51
14 Textile 0.49
15 Consumer durables 0.41
16 Media and publishing 0.36
17 Agriculture 0.34
18 Transport services 0.32
Total 100
Source: S&P BSE (2015b)
Green Bonds
Green bonds are an innovative financing mechanism which can
help in raising long-term and low-cost debt capital to fund ‘green’
projects involving emission reduction such as improvement in energy
efficiency, and production of renewable energy. They can prove to
be extremely useful to fund India’s ambitious target of building 175
GW renewable energy capacity by 2022 (MNRE, 2015). In the next five
years, proposals are likely to generate business opportunities of the
order of USD 160 billion in the renewable energy sector (MOF, 2015).
Although, the Green Bond Principles (GBPs)—voluntary process
guidelines that recommend transparency and disclosure and promote
integrity in the development of the Green Bond market by clarifying
the issuance process—do mention the broad categories wherein
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