Govt to initiate process of gross borrowing programme from external markets in H2FY20: Garg

08 Jul 2019 Evaluate

Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg has said that the government will soon initiate the process of gross borrowing programme from external markets in foreign currencies in the second half of current fiscal (H2FY20), in a move that will ease pressure on local markets. He said the government will soon appoint advisers to suggest modalities for raising funds from overseas markets.

Garg said “one needs to determine the maximum amount in a year the government should be raising in the foreign currency, which foreign currency will be more stable...adviser will help us in deciding all these things soon.” He also said “we will try to do the first issue within this fiscal... My sense is at the time of second half calendar towards last week of September if we are in position to provide the roadmap, we should be providing that.'

Overseas borrowing will be part of the overall borrowing programme of the government. The Centre will borrow Rs 4.48 lakh crore from the market in 2019-20, higher than the Rs 4.22 lakh crore in the previous year to meet the fiscal deficit. The gross borrowing for the current financial year has been raised to Rs 7.1 lakh crore from Rs 5.71 lakh crore in 2018-19. The Central government has decided to make gross borrowing of Rs 4.42 lakh crore in the first half of the 2019-20. The net borrowing, which does not include repayments of past loans, would be Rs 3.40 lakh crore in the first half (April-September) of FY20.

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