New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is intensifying its focus on the corporate bond market as a primary driver for capital formation and investment diversification. Speaking with reporters at the sidelines of the inaugural pan-India outreach program for Corporate Bonds, SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey outlined a multi-pronged strategy to enhance the bond ecosystem, emphasising improvements in primary issuances, secondary market liquidity, and investor awareness.

"The first thing is how to improve primary issuances, public issuances in bond. The second is how to improve secondary liquidity. And third is how to do more outreach so that the people understand," Pandey said.

He noted that the corporate bon...