Govt to borrow Rs 3.79 lakh crore by first half of next fiscal

28 Mar 2012 Evaluate

The government is planning to borrow 65% of its budgeted borrowings by the first half of the next fiscal. This would amount to Rs 3.79 lakh crore. The government has planned out the inflow as well as the expenditure pattern, as per the Department of Economic Affairs Secretary, R Gopalan.

The government has budgeted for a fiscal deficit of Rs 5.13 lakh crore, 5.1% of GDP, for the next fiscal. Out of this almost Rs 3.79 lakh crore will be borrowed in the first half, which means borrowing of Rs 14,500 crore every week. It also means that more than Rs 2,000 crore will be borrowed every day.

The government is also hopeful that small savings collections will improve given that their rates have been hiked. Also there could be a larger flow of finances if the RBI cuts the repo rates, given the downward trend of inflation. If this happens, then the government may need to borrow lesser, explained Gopalan. 

During 2011-12, the government borrowed over Rs 5.1 lakh crore from the market. The borrowing had exceeded the budgeted borrowing target by over Rs 92,000 crore due to high subsidy expenditure.  Hence the government estimated its fiscal deficit at 5.9% for 2011-2012. For the coming fiscal it hopes to cap it at 5.1% level.

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