The Government's total public debt (excluding liabilities under the Public Account) increased by 6.7% in Q2FY14 by as compared to an increase of 4.4% in Q1FY14. The total public debt of the government increased to Rs 45,80,472 crore at end-September 2013 from Rs 42,92,870 crore at end-June 2013.
As per the provisional data released by the government, while, internal debt constituted 90.8% of public debt as compared with 90.6% in the previous quarter, marketable securities accounted for 83% of total public debt, compared with 82.4% in June quarter. Meanwhile, the outstanding internal debt of the government at Rs 41.58 lakh crore increased to 38.7% of GDP from 38.1% at June 2013.
Further, reflecting a decline in the rollover risk in the debt portfolio, about 31% of outstanding dated securities have a residual maturity of up to five years compared with about 34% a quarter ago. Additionally, quarterly report on Debt Management highlighted that Gross and Net Market Borrowings for Fiscal Year-14 (FY14), were budgeted moderately higher than previous year by 3.8% and 3.6% respectively.
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