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India to reserve 30% of tax-free bonds for sovereign funds

India will allow sovereign wealth funds to invest up to 30 per cent in the tax-free bonds to be sold by state-run infrastructure companies, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Monday.

The government has allowed state-run companies to sell about Rs 50,000 crore worth of tax-free bonds in the current fiscal year 2013-14.

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