Govt likely to use more CMBs to meet debt obligations in FY21

13 Jan 2020 Evaluate

In order to meet the debt obligations of government bonds in the next financial year (FY21) standing at Rs 3.02 trillion to avoid putting pressure on higher borrowings from the market, the government may choose for auctioning of more cash management bills (CMBs). The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the auction of a 63-Day Government of India Cash Management Bill. The central bank carries on the auctioning of GSec on behalf of the government. Cash Management Bills are short term bills issued by the central government to meet its immediate cash needs. The bills will be auctioned on January 13, 2020 and will mature on March 13, 2020 will raise Rs 30,000 crore. Government bonds worth Rs 61,000 crore came up for redemption on January 2 when investors received the money back with interest.

According to RBI data, the redemption pressure that is to come in FY21 include, on April 9, the debt obligations government has to meet is Rs 35,268.36 crore whole on April 22, the amount is Rs 6,000 crore and on May 03, the redemption pressure is of Rs 71,130 crore and on June 9, it is Rs 67,182 crore.  India’s higher market borrowings can impact the fiscal deficit.

However, the Union Budget 2020 will decide the fiscal deficit for FY21, it is now almost certain that the current fiscal deficit of 3.3 per cent may be unattainable given the weak tax and disinvestment revenue positions. Excess borrowing to meet debt servicing will create further mismatch between the revenue and expenditure which the government may try to avoid next fiscal. This leaves to banking on CMBs more for debt servicing to a large extend.

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