The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has warned of the growing risks to fiscal consolidation of the states as their finances are saddled with farm loan waivers, income support schemes and the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) bonds for their power distribution companies. The remarks were made during a meeting between the members of the 15th Finance Commission and the RBI brass, including governor Shaktikanta Das and the deputy governors.
RBI stressed the importance of states has increased with the shift in composition of government finances. It also noted that the outstanding debt as percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been rising despite moderation in interest payment as percentage of revenue receipts. It further discussed ways of increasing orientation of state government borrowing to markets, improving secondary market liquidity, risk asymmetry and increasing the corpus of Consolidated Sinking Fund and Guarantee Redemption Fund.
Other key issues raised by RBI included necessity of setting up state finance commissions, public sector borrowings and continuity of finance commission. It also discussed about cash management wherein the states need to improve their cash forecasting capabilities.
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