India needs a more robust marketplace for long-term funds to support infrastructure and economic growth, said S Ramann, Chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), at the second edition of the CII Financing Summit 2025 in Mumbai.

The summit was organised in partnership with the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.

Speaking during the session on “Funding India’s Long-Term Growth: Matching Supply and Demand,” Ramann highlighted the importance of predictable long-term instruments, credit-enhanced structures, deeper corporate bond markets, and a strengthened credit rating ecosystem.

These, he said, would allow pension funds to play a larger role in infrastructure and other long-term sectors.

From the government’s perspective, Manoj M Ayyappa

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