India’s public debt decreased marginally to Rs 46,25,037 crore at end-March 2014 from Rs 46,29,689 crore at end December 2013. The public debt which excludes liabilities under the Public Account represented a decline of 0.1 percent QoQ in Q4 FY14 as compared to an increase of 3.1 percent in the previous quarter.
The Quarterly Report on Public Debt Management highlighted that marketable securities consisting of rupee denominated dated securities and treasury bills accounted for 83.3 percent of total public debt, almost same level as in the previous quarter. Internal debt, the fund a government borrows from its citizens, represented 91.1 percent of public debt as compared to 91 percent at the end of the previous quarter. The outstanding internal debt of the government stood at Rs 42,12,575 crore constituting 37.2 percent of GDP as compared to 38 percent at end-December 2013. The total volume of government securities transacted on an outright basis increased by of 18.32 percent over the preceding quarter, contributed mainly by central government dated securities. The report further added that during FY14, gross and net market borrowings were higher than previous year by 1 percent and 0.2 percent, respectively.
The report highlighted that owing higher expenditure and lower revenue collections, revenue deficit and fiscal deficit during April-February 2013-14 at 117.3 percent and 114.3 percent of revised estimate were higher than 101.2 percent and 97.2 percent during the same period a year ago due to the India’s fiscal deficit is likely to contain at 4.5% of GDP in the financial year 14, as compared to 4.89% of GDP in the FY13.
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