Bond disappointment: Bloomberg defers India’s inclusion into global index again

5 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 31, 2026 08:06 PM IST Becoming a part of these bond indices is crucial to attracting passive investment flows; several global funds track the weight a certain country has in these bond indices and invest accordingly. (Image generated using AI)Despite the best efforts of the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Bloomberg Index Services Ltd (BISL) on Friday again deferred the inclusion of Indian government bonds into its Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index, saying the announced reforms need to be “fully reflected in day-to-day market practice” before such a decision is made. Coming more than six months after its last update, the latest deferral will disappoint the bond market that has seen improvement in foreign investments after a raft of measures wer