The government will borrow Rs 3.68 lakh crore during the first half of next fiscal, accounting for 61.5 percent of the total budget target for 2014-15. The move will provide more scope for private sector to tap the market in the second half as the front-loading of borrowing is aimed at making available capital to the private sector.
According to borrowing plan, the government will borrow an average Rs 17,000 crore per week during April and May. Four bonds having long-term as well as short-term maturity will be auctioned and the first auction will start next week, while the last auction for the six-month period will end in the week beginning September 22.
The gross market borrowing through issue of dated securities in FY15 has been pegged at Rs 5.97 lakh crore, which is Rs 34,000 crore higher than FY14. However, net the borrowing which excludes redemptions of government securities will be at Rs 4.57 lakh crore, which is around 3 percent lower than the current fiscal. The government will continue with inflation index bonds, while net borrowing through T-bill is likely to set at Rs 40,000 crore for first quarter of next financial year. Furthermore, the government expects to garner Rs 36,925 crore from disinvestment, Rs 14,000 crore from residual stake sale in companies and healthy growth in tax collection to fund its expenditure during FY15.
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