Indian companies borrowed $1.99 billion from overseas markets in the month of November 2018 through external commercial borrowing (ECB), 34% lower than a year ago. The borrowings though ECBs were $3.02 billion in November last year.
According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data report, ECB stood at $1,996,772,358 and of the total ECB borrowing, $1,296,772,358 raised via Automatic Route by various companies, while REC was the only company to raise $700,000,000 through the approval route of the external commercial borrowing. In November this year, no money was borrowed by issuing RDBs, also known as masala bonds.
The report further found that the companies among taking the ECB window were Power Finance Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Siemens Financial Services, Hitachi Automotive Systems, Sarla Performance Fibers and Fermenta Biotech.
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