New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- Russia's largest bank Sberbank will invest in India's capital markets and also help Russian retail investors access the benchmark Nifty50 index on the National Stock Exchange, Herman Gref, the lender's chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman, said on Thursday.

In an interaction with reporters, the CEO said that the bank's investment plans in India involve investments in government securities.

The Sberbank chief's remarks came as a Russian delegation led by President Vladimir Putin is in New Delhi on a 2-day visit starting Thursday. Gref has served as Russia's trade and economy minister during 2000-2007, and has headed the state-run bank thereafter.

He said that the state-run lender recently launched an instrumen...