Fund raising in FY21 better than that in FY20 for public issues, rights issues: Ministry of Finance

15 Apr 2021 Evaluate

The Ministry of Finance in its latest report has showed that fund raising in FY 2020-21 was better than that in FY 2019-20 for both Public Issues and Rights Issues, despite the uncertainty prevailing in FY 2020-21 owing to COVID-19 pandemic.

As per the report, during FY 2020-21, Rs. 46,029.71 crore and Rs. 64,058.61 crore were raised through Public Issues and Rights Issue respectively, as against Rs. 21,382.35 crore and Rs. 55,669.79 crore raised last year. This is an increase of 115% and 15% respectively in FY 2020-21 as compared to last year.

The report further noted that around 2003 issues of Corporate Bonds for an amount of Rs. 7,82,427.39 crore happened in FY 2020-21, surpassing the amount raised (Rs 6,89,686.19 crore) through 1,821 issues for the fiscal year 2019-20. Thus, while the number of issues increased by 10% in FY 2020-21, the amount raised increased by 13.5% as compared to the previous financial year.

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