Mumbai, Aug. 18 -- India's corporate bond market continues to have lower liquidity than the equity market due to relatively low trading volumes, even as efforts are being made to increase retail participation, according to Grip Invest CEO Vaibhav Laddha.

Speaking to ANI on the sidelines of the Great Indian Bond Festival at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in Mumbai on Tuesday, Laddha said corporate bonds are listed and tradable, but the market does not yet have the depth or level of trading activity seen in equities.

"Today markets are not as liquid as the equity markets because the trading volume is not that high," Laddha said.

He clarified that lower liquidity does not mean investors cannot sell their bonds before maturity.

"There ...