Tax free bonds from Airport Authority of India (AAI)
Those investing in these bonds, which normally have a long-term maturity plan like a decade, would get tax benefits.
Since AAI is a mini ratna, a Government owned company, there is some sort of an implicit guarantee that the government will honor AAI’s bondholders. But the decision of whether to invest in this issue will be driven mainly by how much interest rate they can offer subject the G-Sec rates of equivalent term.
At around 7.5% – the tax free rate will be definitely lower than rates offered by bank fixed deposits, but then of course those aren’t tax free.
If you invest in FDs of higher rate of interest, the post tax return is likely to be less than tax free bond rate.
So a small amount of your investible funds can be considered to invest in these bonds....
