India Inc's overseas borrowings fall by 45% in January: RBI

05 Mar 2019 Evaluate

Indian companies borrowed $2.42 billion from overseas markets in the month of January 2019 through external commercial borrowing (ECB), down by 45 percent from the year-ago period. The borrowings though ECBs were $5.40 billion in January last year.

According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data report, of the total borrowing, $2.27 billion was raised via the automatic route of the ECBs, while the remaining $150 million was taken via the approval route. However, no money was raised through rupee-denominated bonds during the month in 2019 and 2018.

The report further indicated that major borrowers, which tapped resources overseas via approval route, included Indian Oil Corporation ($900 million), Bharat Petroleum Corp ($500 million) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp ($200 million). All three oil marketing firms raised the money for their working capital requirement. Power Grid Corporation raised $228.55 million for power project and Reliance Home Finance raised $35.50 million for lending. Power Finance Corp was the only firm to raise $150 million for sub-lending purpose.

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