Government to borrow $64 bn in first half of 2010-11
March 29th, 2010 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The government will borrow $64 billion (Rs.2.87 trillion) in the first half of the 2010-11 financial year, which will be 63 percent of the full-year borrowing, Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla said Monday.
“The government plans to borrow 4.57 trillion rupees ($101 billion) in 2010/11 which is 1.3 percent over the previous year,” Chawla said after meeting the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials.
RBI Deputy Governor Shyamala Gopinath said the central bank would look at making the government’s borrowing more even.
“On an average, Rs.11,000-15,000 crore of issuance would come to the market every week,” she said after the meeting held to finalise the schedule for the first-half borrowing.
The government’s borrowing during next fiscal is to rise an annual 1.3 percent to Rs.4.57 trillion to fund a fiscal deficit which is projected at 5.5 percent of the (gross domestic product).
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