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AAA-rated corporate bonds in India

AAA is the highest rating an Indian agency assigns. It signals the strongest assessed capacity to pay interest and principal on time: the agency sees the risk of default as the lowest it recognises. Ratings are agency opinions that can change over time, and a rating is not a guarantee of repayment. Our directory lists 2,953 AAA-rated bonds from 199 issuers, with indicative yields from 4.88% to 11.57% (median 7.71%).

AAA-rated bonds
2,953
Issuers
199
Median indicative yield
7.71%
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Largest AAA-rated issues

The 20 biggest AAA-rated bonds by issue size (a proxy for size and liquidity). Yields are indicative, computed from disclosed terms at face value.

The 20 largest AAA-rated bonds by issue size
IssuerCouponIndicative yieldMaturityIssue size
HDFC Bank LimitedAAAINE040A089147.97%7.96%17 Feb 2033₹25000 crore
Reliance Industries LimitedAAAINE002A078097.79%7.78%10 Nov 2033₹20000 crore
Aditya Birla Capital LimitedAAAINE860H07IM97.90%7.88%8 Jun 2028₹20000 crore
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAAAINE261F08EG37.68%7.66%30 Apr 2029₹16571.5 crore
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAAAINE261F08EK57.44%7.40%24 Feb 2028₹15994 crore
HDFC Bank LimitedAAAINE040A084277.86%7.85%2 Dec 2032₹15000 crore
HDFC Bank LimitedAAAINE040A086667.80%7.79%3 May 2033₹15000 crore
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAAAINE261F08DX07.58%7.31%31 Jul 2026₹14624.25 crore
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAAAINE261F08EO77.48%7.46%15 Sept 2028₹14000 crore
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAAAINE261F08EM17.53%7.49%24 Mar 2028₹13912 crore
HDFC Bank LimitedAAAINE040A08AF27.75%7.75%13 Jun 2033₹13187 crore
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAAAINE261F08EF57.80%7.70%15 Mar 2027₹12890 crore
Axis Bank LimitedAAAINE238A084847.88%7.87%13 Dec 2032₹12000 crore
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAAAINE261F08EL37.40%7.39%29 Apr 2030₹11864 crore
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAAAINE261F08EU47.44%7.44%17 Jul 2029₹11515 crore
HDFC Bank LimitedAAAINE040A088078.00%8.00%27 Jul 2032₹11000 crore
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAAAINE261F08DV47.62%7.57%31 Jan 2028₹10267.5 crore
Bank of BarodaAAAINE028A083807.10%7.09%5 Mar 2033₹10000 crore
HDFC Bank LimitedAAAINE040A086337.18%7.17%10 Mar 2032₹10000 crore
HDFC Bank LimitedAAAINE040A089637.05%7.04%1 Dec 2031₹10000 crore

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Frequently asked questions

What does the AAA grade mean?

AAA is the highest rating an Indian agency assigns. It signals the strongest assessed capacity to pay interest and principal on time: the agency sees the risk of default as the lowest it recognises. Ratings are agency opinions that can change over time, and a rating is not a guarantee of repayment.

How many AAA-rated corporate bonds are there in India?

Our directory lists 2,953 AAA-rated bonds from 199 issuers, based on depository disclosures. This covers the broader rated market, not only the best-issuer set the directory browses by default.

What yields do AAA-rated bonds offer?

Indicative yields can be computed for 2,731 of these bonds; they range from 4.88% to 11.57% with a median of 7.71%. These are computed from each bond's disclosed terms at face value (actual traded prices, and therefore actual yields, differ).

Who issues AAA-rated bonds?

The most frequent AAA-rated issuers in our data are Power Finance Corporation Limited, Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited, REC Limited, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. The list below ranks the largest individual issues by issue size.

How fresh is this data?

Everything on this page derives from depository disclosures and the most conservative current agency grade for each bond. Figures update when the dataset refreshes, no number here is estimated or filled in.

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